Chief Justice Of Malaysia



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Chief justice of malaysia. V dymm tuanku jaafar ibn al marhum tuanku abdul rahman ors. Our court is a court of law and not of the mob he told an audience of some 500 people at the opening of the legal year 2019 here today. Malaysian law as the law of reference and malaysian courts and arbitrators as the forum for settlement of disputes.

The appointment of the chief justice is governed by article 122b of the constitution of malaysia whereby the yang di pertuan agong king appoints the chief justice on the advice of the prime minister of malaysia after consulting the conference of rulers. Her appointment is effective thursday the prime minister s office said in a statement. It is the highest position in malaysian judicial system followed by the president of the court of appeal of malaysia chief judge of malaya and the chief judge of sabah and sarawak.

Justice azahar bin mohamed obtained his llb degree from university of malaya in 1980 and llm from london school of economics in 1987. Chief judge of malaya psm ssap dimp kmn. Standard chartered bank malaysia bhd.

The chief justice is the head of the federal court the apex court of malaysia. Office of the chief justice federal court of malaysia level 5 istana kehakiman precint 3 62506 putrajaya 603 8880 3500 603 8880 3595. The right honourable tan sri dato sri azahar bin mohamed was born on 27th april 1956 in johor bahru johor.

The current chief justice is tengku maimun tuan mat since 2 may 2019. The chief justice of malaysia tan sri richard malanjum has come out to defend the country s judiciary saying that malaysia s court is not the court of the mob. Delay in appointing malaysia s chief justice may be next spat between govt and royals malaysia prime minister mahathir has not commented on the matter merely saying on april 12 2019 that i.

The chief justice should direct civil courts not to entertain conversion and custody cases previously decided under the shariah system said the malaysian syarie lawyers association.