5 legal strikes in chief justice’s extension, Bar Council says


The appointments of Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif (left) and the Court of Appeal President Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin are troubling and blatantly unconstitutional, Bar Council president George Varughese says. – PMO file pic, July 9, 2017.

THE prime minister extending the contracts of Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin has broken five constitutional provisions, the Malaysia Bar says.

Bar Council president George Varughese listed five provisions that were violated in extending the two judges services, calling their appointments as unprecedented, “troubling” and “blatantly unconstitutional” in a statement today:


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