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Full FCT Grounds of Judgment by Nik Hashim FCJ in Jamaluddin & 2 Ors v Speaker v EC

15 June, 2009
By Edmund Bon Tai Soon

Selected extracts of the grounds setting aside the Perak Speaker’s decisions that the State seats of Behrang, Changkat Jering and Jelapang were vacant pursuant to their Assemblypersons’ purported resignations follows.
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Full FCT Grounds of Judgment by Paul FCJ in Zambry & 6 Ors v Speaker

12 June, 2009
By Edmund Bon Tai Soon

Selected extracts of the grounds setting aside the suspension of Zambry & 6 others follows. On the objection that proceedings should have been commenced by way of judicial review, the Court held: The rule in O’Reilly v Mackman 3 All ER 1124 has been adopted by the Court of Appeal in cases such as Sivarasa...
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Hari Yang Begitu Gelap

8 May, 2009
By Syahredzan Johan
Hari Yang Begitu Gelap

Pada ketika saya menulis artikel ini, “Speaker” yang “dilantik” oleh ADUN Barisan Nasional telahpun “menangguhkan” persidangan DUN Perak kepada satu tarikh yang tidak ditetapkan. “Penangguhan” tersebut merupakan babak akhir rentetan peristiwa yang berlaku di Ipoh pada hari ini (Mei 7). Bermula dengan penangkapan begitu ramai rakyat Malaysia yang berkumpul di Ipoh, kemudiannya “perlantikan” “Speaker” haram...
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When the highest court in the land could bring down the Government of the day

17 April, 2009
By NH Chan
When the highest court in the land could bring down the Government of the day

The front page of the Star newspaper of Friday, 17 April 2009 carries this startlingly outrageous decision of the Federal Court. The headline proclaims “Court: Siva does not have right to suspend seven”. The report reads: PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has unanimously ruled that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to...
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