Month: January 2021

Three years have passed since the controversial re-appointments of Tun Raus Sharif and Tan Sri Zulkefli Makinudin were thrust into public scrutiny. In 2017, the then Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal were appointed as additional judges in the Federal Court despite reaching the compulsory age of retirement encapsulated within Article 125(1)…

Introduction The FC recently delivered its judgment for the case of Maria Chin Abdullah v Director General of Immigration.  In a 4-3 split, the FC has negated the existence of the basic structure doctrine in our Federal Constitution. The majority judgment delivered by Rahman Sebli FCJ has reversed decades of development in the landscape of…