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RM500,000 fine imposed on Mkini Dotcom apt to serve public interest Federal Court 03 Mar 2021 / 18:34 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court held that the RM500,000 fine imposed on Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, which operates news portal Malaysiakini, for contempt over readers’ comments was the appropriate sentence to serve public interest.
In the full grounds of the court’s majority decision, Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, who chaired a seven-member panel, said the sentence would deter others from committing such a crime.
“It may deter others from the temptation to commit such a crime where the punishment is negligible, or it may deter that particular criminal from repeating the same crime.
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 26): The Federal Court today dismissed an appeal by Apex Equity Holdings Bhd and its unit JF Apex Securities Bhd, over the locus standi (legal standing) of its minority shareholders on their opposition to the merger with Mercury Securities Sdn Bhd.
This follows Federal Court judge Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat dismissing their appeal for leave to pose several questions of law to the apex court regarding Section 360 of the Capital Markets and Services Act on the powers of court to make certain orders. The question surrounds the locus standi (legal standing) of the applicants in filing the originating summons. The law on locus standi is settled. I do not think the leave question has passed the threshold for the court to grant leave.
Published on: Friday, February 26, 2021
By: Bernama
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PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here on Thursday declared as unconstitutional a provision in the Selangor syariah law which makes it an offence to engage in unnatural sex.
A nine-member bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat held that Section 28 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995 relates to matters that fall under the Federal Constitution’s Ninth Schedule Federal list, under Parliament’s power to enact laws.
She said Section 28 contravened the State List in the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution, which stipulated that state legislatures have no power to make law on matters that were included in the Federal List. She said the primary power to enact criminal law lies with Parliament.
Federal Court declares Selangor Syariah Law criminalising unnatural sex unconstitutional 25 Feb 2021 / 12:00 H.
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 25: The Federal Court here today declared as void and unconstitutional a provision in the Selangor syariah law criminalising unnatural sexual intercourse.
A nine-member bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat held that Section 28 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995 related to a matter that falls under the Federal list in the Federal Constitution, under the Parliament’s power to enact laws.
She said Section 28 was enacted in contravention of item 1 of the State List which stipulated that state legislatures have no power to make law on matters that were included in the Federal List.