SivakumarI AM asked to advise V Sivakumar, the speaker of the legislative assembly of the state of Perak, on the constitutionality of his purported removal on 7 May 2009. It is common ground that the legislative assembly was summoned that day by His Royal Highness, the sultan of Perak (HRH) pursuant to Article 36(1) of […]
Perak constitution
Nizar seeks to challenge Article 63
PUTRAJAYA, 27 April 2009: Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin today filed a notice of motion to obtain a court declaration that Article 63 of the Perak state constitution null and void for being in conflict with the Federal Constitution. Nizar, 52, filed the notice through legal firm Messrs Leong & Tan at the Federal Court […]