Published on: Thursday, March 04, 2021
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PUTRAJAYA: Sixteen former Umno members failed in their appeal in the Federal Court to obtain leave to commence their challenge to dissolve the political party (Umno) for not holding party elections within the prescribed time.
A five-member bench led by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed held that the relief sought by the former Umno members in their judicial review application has become academic as the party had completed its party election at all levels.
He said the status of former Umno members were undisputed as they were no longer members of the political party by virtue of clause 20.7 of the Umn Constitution.
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Published on: Friday, February 26, 2021
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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.
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PUTRAJAYA: A woman who was born out of wedlock to a Muslim father and a Buddhist mother today won her appeal in the Federal Court to be declared a non-Muslim.
Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, chairing a nine-member bench, delivered the 7-2 majority decision through Zoom in allowing Rosliza Ibrahim’s appeal and granted the declarations sought by her.
She held that Rosliza is not a person professing Islam because there is no proof that she is a Muslim by original faith.
Justice Tengku Maimun said there was also no proof that Rosliza’s mother professed Islam at the time of Rosliza’s birth as she considered herself a Buddhist in her written application for a new identity card in 1995 and in her statutory declaration in 2008.