PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ruled that a Magistrate's Court has the jurisdiction to punish for contempt of court regardless whether the offence is committed in the face of the court or outside.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed Feb 8 for decision in a lawsuit filed by the father of the late firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim against the government in relation to a contempt of court proceedings involving former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.The appellate court would be deciding on a legal question, brought by an appeal by the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC), on whether a coroner has the power to start committal proceedings against those who commit contempt of court.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has fixed Feb 8 for decision in a lawsuit filed by the father of the late firefighter Muhammad Adib Mohd Kassim against the government in relation to a contempt of court proceedings involving former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas.
Day in court: Tengku Adnan (second from left) arriving at the Federal Court in Putrajaya. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: Former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor has walked out a free man after the Court of Appeal here acquitted and discharged him from his RM2mil corruption case, although the prosecution intends to file an appeal.
His conviction and sentence – he was handed 12 months’ jail and a RM2mil fine – were set aside by the appellate court in a 2-1 majority decision here yesterday.
Deputy public prosecutor Asmah Musa told reporters that the prosecution would be filing an appeal with the Federal Court.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has overturned the RM2mil corruption conviction against former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (pic).
In a 2-1 majority decision read by Justice Suraya Othman, the appellate court was of the view that the appellant’s defence in the case was not a mere invention.
The majority decision also found that there was a non-direction and misdirection by the learned trial judge, Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, in the case.
“The appellant should have been acquitted. We must intervene and allow this appeal and therefore set aside the conviction and sentence by the High Court judge,” Justice Suraya said here on Friday (July 16).