HULU SELANGOR, May 11 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) had threatened that it would file a suit in the Election Court over alleged vote-buying by the government after realising it would lose in Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor Pakatan Harapan (PH) said today. Its chairman Amiruddin Shari again denied the allegation, saying PH had conducted a harmonious … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — The High Court here will hear today a bid to declare Section 298 of the Penal Code — a contentious law criminalising acts deemed to offensive “religious feelings” — as unconstitutional, in a case that has become a flashpoint for freedom of expression. Mentega Terbang’s director Khairi Anwar Jailani and … Read more
KUANTAN, May 7 — Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has proposed that the state government establish a Syariah Supreme Court to further streamline Shariah laws in the state. Advertisement His Royal Highness said that currently, Pahang has three levels of Shariah laws, namely the Syariah Lower Court, the Syariah High Court … Read more
BATU PAHAT, May 6 — The Magistrate’s Court today scheduled May 20 for the re-mention of the case involving a man accused of murdering his friend, Mila Sharmilah Samsusah, also known as Bella, for the purpose of transferring it to the High Court. Magistrate Suhaila Shafi’uddin set the date after deputy public prosecutor Farah Wahidah … Read more
APRIL 23 — Order 53 rule 3(2) Rules of Court 2012 states that an application for leave for judicial review must be made ex parte to a judge in chambers. Chambers mean the room in which judges sit to hear interlocutory matters which need not be heard in court. Proceedings in chambers are not open … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, April 17 — The Court of Appeal has set three days from May 14 to hear the prosecution’s appeal against a High Court’s decision to sentence six former Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) students initially charged with murdering cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain to 18 years in prison for culpable homicide not amounting to … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — The Shah Alam Magistrate’s Court set April 19 as the new case mention date for a lorry driver, who was charged with murdering his Thai girlfriend by pushing the woman off the 23rd floor of a condominium in Setia Alam, in February this year. Counsel Sivahnanthan Ragava representing V. Nathan, … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 ― The High Court here today ordered FGV Holdings Berhad’s former chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad and former group president and chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah to pay over RM3.31 million to the company over the purchase of two units of luxury condominiums in the city. … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Kelantan is trying to bring back 16 provisions on Shariah criminal offences that were declared invalid by the Federal Court, but what happened before that? The short answer about the 8-1 decision: The Federal Court sat as a nine-judge panel, with the majority or eight judges deciding that the 16 … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Cases involving environmental crimes convicted in court increased to 409 cases last year compared to 289 cases in 2019, said Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. In this regard, he said heavier and proportionate punishment should be imposed on environmental criminals because pollution has affected … Read more
