KUALA LUMPUR: Muda has failed in its legal attempt to refer constitutional questions to the Federal Court on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's (MACC) probe on Court of Appeal judge Justice Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali.
PUTRAJAYA: The use of Chinese or Tamil in national-type schools as a medium of instruction is protected by Article 152 of the Federal Constitution, and the government can “preserve and sustain” the use and study of these languages, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ruled that vernacular schools are constitutional, dismissing the appeal of four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which sought to declare that the use of Chinese and Tamil languages as the medium of instruction in vernacular schools goes against the Federal Constitution.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal’s ruling that vernacular schools are constitutional should not be disputed and should put an end to notions that multiple education streams would create polarisation, says Datuk Chong Sin Woon.
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed the appeals brought by four non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and ruled that vernacular schools and the use of Chinese and Tamil in those schools are constitutional.