Tag Archives: Court

High court allows bid to block Syariah court Indira's child custody fight continues with another turn of the saga. High court allows bid to block Syariah court

RCI mooted to review rulings of racist judges Kit Siang wants court judgements over the past 26 years to be reviewed. RCI mooted to review rulings of racist judges

The Court of Appeal has today unanimously ordered the Kuala Lumpur High Court to hear the judicial review application by scholar Kassim Ahmad. In ruling the civil court has jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to questionable actions by religious authorities, the appellate court ordered that the …

The Court of Appeal has today deferred the hearing of the application for the attorney-general to be an intervener in the S Deepa and M Indira Gandhi's custody battles after two judges recused themselves. This followed an objection by lawyer K Shanmuga representing both Deepa and Indira Gandhi …

Persecuting transgenders 'disturbs' judge A Court of Appeal judge is disturbed by the continuous persecution of the transgender community by the Negri Sembilan state Islamic authorities, since the court is yet to make a decision on the constitutionality of Section 66, which bars cross-dres …

Malays have 'cari makan' rights over swamp land The Court of Appeal has affirmed that the Malays of Sarawak have “cari makan” rights over swamp lands surrounding their villages, where they forage food or generally use produce from the land for their livelihood. “This is a landmark case tha …

PUTRAJAYA, July 8 (Bernama) — The police today obtained an order from the Magistrate’s Court here to further remand four suspects to facilitate the investigation into the murder of Customs deputy director-general Datuk Shaharuddin Ibrahim. Magistrate Mohd Zaki Abd Rahman extended the rem …

Zahid keeps seat as Federal Court dismisses appeals Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi gets to keep the Bagan Datoh seat in Perak as the Federal Court in Putrajaya today dismissed two appeals to nullify the election result for that parliamentary constituency. Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria, chairing a f …

Lawyers: Diplomat can’t be tried in Malaysian court Senior lawyers in Kuala Lumpur believe that the Malaysian government has no option but to let the diplomat involved in the offences of attempted burglary and sexual assault in New Zealand be sent back to the country and be tried there. This is beca …

Court fixes Oct 1 to hear SIB's appeal The Court of Appeal has fixed Oct 1 to hear Sidang Injil Borneo's appeal over leave (permission) not being granted for the court to review the home minister's decision to seize education books using the word "Allah". This is after the m …

Federal Court: No need to call witnesses in oil royalty suit There is no necessity to call witnesses to testify in the breach of contract suit brought by the Kelantan government against Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) over oil royalty, the Federal Court held today. Therefore, the suit will be r …

PUTRAJAYA, June 30 (Bernama) — Roslan Abu Bakar has been appointed the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court, effective last June 20. The Federal Court, in a statement issued here Monday, said Roslan, previously the Federal Court Deputy Chief Registrar, replaced Datuk Azimah Omar, who had been …

CAIRO (Reuters) – Deposed former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison on a conviction for stealing public funds. The verdict may please some Egyptians who lived through three decades of autocracy under Mubarak before a 2011 uprising toppled him. …

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Constitutional Court Wednesday dismissed Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and nine ministers for abuse of power, leaving the government clinging to power but the nation still locked in a political crisis. The cabinet swiftly appointed a deputy premier – Niwattumrong Boonsongpai …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court found Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra guilty on Wednesday of violating the constitution and said she had to step down, although ministers not implicated in the case can remain in office. The decision is bound to anger her supporters, but the survival of her …