Tag: Federal Constitution

1MDB-Tanore – Delay in Written Grounds Raises Questions of Fairness

Delays in issuing written grounds of judgment are not uncommon in complex cases. But when such delays extend well beyond established timelines, do they begin to affect an accused person’s ability to exercise a meaningful right of appeal?

SRC Civil Case: Collective Decisions, But Only One Man Pays?

From Enron to Carillion, corporate failures have shown that shared decisions carry shared consequences. The SRC civil case ruling raises a difficult question — why does that principle appear unevenly applied?
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NRD Enabling Religious And Racial Discrimination

The Constitution enshrines freedom of conscience and/or religion in Article 3 (religion of the Federation), Article 8 (no discrimination), Article 11 (freedom of religion)...

NRD Refuses Citizenship To 50-Year-Old Kedah Man Born In Estate And Abandoned By Parents

Born in a plantation in Sungai Petani, Kedah, and abandoned by his biological parents since young, 50-year-old Gopal Muniandy has spent his whole life...

Law In Malaysia Never The Same Again After Najib Cases

QCs turning up at Federal Court for SRC RM42m case implicating Najib most interesting development in legal history. Malaysiakini subscribers, who previously put the controversial...

Farmer’s Case Illustrates Najib Isn’t Getting ‘Special Treatment’

In the rule of law, basis of the Constitution, no one above the law, all equal before law, rights come with remedies. First, in connecting...

Najib Can ‘Adduce’ Fresh Evidence For New RM42m SRC Trial

The former Prime Minister can initiate developments via 'letter of representation'. There may be a case for Najib Abdul Razak to submit a "letter of...

M’sia Should Do Away With LLB, Widen Talent Pool For Law

English must be brought back for law, the education and profession reformed. It's high time that we call a spade a spade on the controversial...

Anti-Hopping Bill ‘Fatally Flawed’, Focus On Electoral Integrity

Legislative seats belong to winners, not the parties whose symbols were used in elections In law, it's safe to assume that the proposed Anti-Hopping Bill...