Posts Tagged ‘ Chief Justice ’

Amer Hamzah Arshad (with Fahri Azzat in support) continues LoyarBurok's well-taken trademark tirade against the practice of Malaysian judges who duck writing judgments on important constitutional law issues.
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A few days after America’s Capitol Hill celebrated the historic passing of their Health Care Bill, we hear some shocking and illogical statements in our Capital Hill, the Parliament. The American People’s Representatives have been working hard to work out a deal for the American people, but in the Malaysian Parliament on November 9,...
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WHEN our Federal Constitution was promulgated in 1957, Part X was designed to deal with public services. Under Article 132, seven areas of public services were identified: the armed forces, the judicial and legal service, the general public service, the police force, the railway service, joint public services (between the federation and one or...
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In the Federal Court decision of Din v Public Prosecutor MLJ 300, Thomson LP who wrote the leading judgment discussed the necessity of corroboration for the proof of rape. In that discussion, His Lordship wrote the following: But the desirability for corroboration of the evidence of the prosecurtrix in a rape case (which in...
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In the New Sunday Times on 21 December 2008, it was reported that our Chief Justice was thinking of determining the seniority of judges based on merit instead of time served on the bench. “Merit” would also be a relevant factor for the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) to consider in the appointment and promotion...
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On 6 November 2008, the former Malaysian Chief Justice, Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, gave a talk titled 'Harmonization of Common Law and Shari'ah in Malaysia: A Practical Approach' at Harvard University in honour of Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Sanhuri, a highly respected Egyptian scholar and jurist. These were some of my notes and thoughts upon reading...
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