KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The Judges’ Ethics Committee (JEC) today decided to suspend the Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Dr Hamid Sultan Abu Backer from today until Aug 27, 2021.
The decision was made in a closed-door inquiry proceedings in the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya this afternoon which was chaired by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.
Other panel members were Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Federal Court Judge Datuk Vernon Ong Lam Kiat and two former Federal Court Judges Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar and Datuk Dr Prasad Sandosham Abraham.
Court denies senior judge s bid to stay inquiry against him
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Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer failed to obtain a court order to temporarily stay the Judges’ Ethics Committee inquiry against him set for Thursday this week.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning dismissed his stay application during an online hearing conducted before judge Mariana Yahya today.
In dismissing the bid, the court ruled that there were no special circumstances that justify the interim stay pending disposal of an appeal.
Hamid Sultan had sought the stay pending his appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court’s dismissal.
Feb 4 for judicial review bid in Muda s party registration status
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The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) will know on Feb 4 whether it can proceed with its legal bid to be registered as a political party.
The High Court in Kuala Lumpur will decide on that date whether to grant leave to the group to commence with its judicial review against the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and the home minister.
This was confirmed by senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly @ Arwi, following today’s online hearing of the judicial review leave application before judge Mariana Yahya.
Monday, 25 Jan 2021 01:00 PM MYT
BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 25 The High Court here has set February 4 for the decision on Malaysian United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda) application for leave for judicial review on the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) decision to reject the party from being registered as a political party.
High Court Judge Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya set the date today after hearing the arguments via online from Muda’s lawyers, represented by Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and Lim Wei Jiet, as well as the counsels from Attorney General Chambers (AGC) representing the RoS and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) today objected to the application for leave for judicial review by Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman (.