News by Hafiz Yatim

She further argued that the PKR party constitution itself gives freedom to its members to resign without imposing any penalty. 

Sources familiar with the matter confirmed that no settlement has been reached yet, and also the new case management date.

Parties were directed to file the amended appeal record by Feb 8, and they are required to file written submissions by March 1 and the reply to each other submission by March 19.

Khairuddin filed the originating summons against Muhyiddin on Jan 18, questioning the latter’s legitimacy in advising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to declare a state of emergency in the country.

The pilot project will begin from Feb 2 until Feb 5 for cases registered with Shah Alam Magistrate's Court 3.

In September 2020, Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir had dismissed Anwar's and the Pardons Board's bid to strike out Mohd Khairul Azam's suit and ruled the lawyer had locus standi (legal standing) to file the challenge.

The application was filed by virtue that the Port Dickson member of Parliament is the opposition leader. The filing was done by Messrs Karpal Singh & Co where the PM and the Malaysian government are named as respondents.

This comes after the apex court bench questioned if the lower courts' decision in applying Section 18C to oust the challenge was correct or not.

The appellate court also fixed March 5 as another case management date before the appeal is heard in April.

Nazlan, an Oxford graduate, was previously brought in from the High Court's commercial division in 2018 to hear Najib's SRC case.