“I keep on saying, who triggered this whole episode?… It’s not a question of who’s right or wrong … The wrong side is their side in the first place. And now they try to put the blame on us. They twist everything and tell the public we are the ones who rampas kuasa. But people […]
Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal grants stay to Zambry (Updated)
Updated 7.54pm, 12 May 2009 PUTRAJAYA, 12 May 2009: The Court of Appeal today granted Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir a stay of execution on the High Court’s decision declaring his opponent, Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, as the legitimate Perak menteri besar. Zambry As such, Zambry remains the Perak MB until the court […]
Superfast Court of Appeal
By RG CandiahI REFER to Malaysiakini‘s news report titled Court of Appeal hears Zambry’s appeal, which states that a one-member panel involving Justice Ramly Mohd Ali has been set up to hear Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir’s stay application (against yesterday’s High Court decision declaring Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin the rightful Perak menteri besar). Ramly began […]
McDonald’s loses exclusivity to prefix ‘Mc’
PUTRAJAYA, 29 April 2009: Fast food chain McDonald’s today lost its exclusivity to the usage of the prefix ‘Mc’ when the Court of Appeal here allowed a local Indian food outlet, McCurry Restaurant, to use ‘Mc’ in its business signage. Appeal Court judges Datuk Gopal Sri Ram (now Federal Court judge), who sat with Justices […]
Court rules students to remain under detention
PUTRAJAYA, 24 April 2009: Eight Form Five students who attacked their schoolmate mercilessly, resulting in his death, five years ago will remain under detention in a juvenile centre at the pleasure of the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan. The Court of Appeal led by Justice Datuk Wira Low Hop Bing today unanimously dismissed their […]
Court of Appeal to review Ramanathan case
PUTRAJAYA, 17 April 2009: The Court of Appeal here today, for the first time, ruled that it can review its own decision upholding former national athletics coach C Ramanathan’s conviction and four-year prison sentence. In an unanimous decision, Justice Datuk Gopal Sri Ram then set aside the previous Court of Appeal’s orders of 11 July […]
Speaker can be represented by own lawyers (Updated 3.30pm)
PUTRAJAYA, 13 March 2009: The Court of Appeal today held that Perak state legislative assembly Speaker V Sivakumar can engage private lawyers to represent him in two civil suits brought by Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six state executive councillors (exco), and three independent assemblypersons. Justices Datuk Md Raus Sharif, Datuk Abdul Hamid Embong […]
Court of Appeal to determine who can represent Speaker
PETALING JAYA, 12 March 2009: The Court of Appeal will sit at 9am tomorrow to hear an urgent motion about who can represent Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar in court. The hearing in Putrajaya will only decide on whether Sivakumar can be represented by lawyers of his own choice, instead of the Perak state […]
Sivakumar’s lawyers file appeal
Corrected on 13 March 2009 at 12.30am cSpeaker V Sivakumar (File pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) IPOH, 6 March 2009: Lawyers representing Perak legislative assembly Speaker V Sivakumar today filed an appeal against the Ipoh High Court decision declaring the Speaker’s own lawyers as having no locus standi to represent him. One of them, Leong […]
Evidence by child victim must be corroborated
PUTRAJAYA, 23 Jan 2009: The testimony of a child rape victim in court cannot implicate an accused person in the crime unless it is supported by independent evidence, the Court of Appeal here ruled today. The panel of three judges held that the evidence by a child of tender years must be corroborated by material […]