YOURSAY | ‘Recreate the Palace of Justice - not the edifice, but the office.’

YOURSAY | ‘It’s not right for rulers to hold up and stand in the way of our democratically elected gov’t.’

A source says the prosecution will pen a letter to Richard Malanjum over this matter.

Malanjum seeks legal fraternity’s cooperation in addressing negative perception of the judiciary.

UPDATED 12.32PM | The lawyer wants to be certain that the RCI does not impinge her case.

MP SPEAKS | They are officers of the court bound by the strictest of ethical codes.

COA judge Hamid Sultan is disappointed Richard Malanjum is not seeking an RCI.

'That's the order (from the High Court),' says Malanjum.

The call comes after the late Karpal Singh's daughter sues the chief justice for failing to defend the integrity of the judiciary.

This in relation to alleged interference in her late father's sedition appeal and meddling by a senior judge in the Indira Gandhi case.

Malanjum reminds the judiciary not to write judgments in the hopes of gaining promotions.

UPDATED 9:51PM | He points out that their salaries are not paid by the executive but come out of a consolidated fund.

He joined the DIFC Courts in December 2013, about two years after his retirement as the Chief Justice of Malaya.

Dissent promotes judicial independence and may even spark changes in the law, says Richard Malanjum.

She says there has been no word about the outcome of the probe on Karpal Singh's case since Aug 31.

Deputy Youth chief Andy Yong says retirement at 66 is archaic and doesn't give top judges enough time.

COMMENT | Ex-CJ Abdul Hamid Mohamad claims the country has two CJs until July 31. Is he right? 

Former judge takes Islamist party to task for criticising appointment of Richard Malanjum, a non-Muslim, as CJ.

CJ Raus and COA president, both to retire on July 31, have been asked to vacate their post effective today, sources say.

It's just a 'fairy tale', the chief judge of Sabah and Sarawak tells reporters in Kuching.

Penang is proceeding with its application against the EC following the redelineation exercise.

This comes after the Chief Justice of Sabah and S'wak witnessed the swearing-in of 13 new ministers. 

COMMENT | This is the plasticity that the case of two outgoing judges seems to have brought about.

He was already near the mandatory retirement age for the judiciary when given the post.

Raus Sharif reiterates there shall be no postponement of cases, except in the event of death, or near death.

The senior counsel says the chief justice was joking when he said judges shouldn't unduly postpone cases.

UPDATE 2.01PM | The lawyers are disputing appointments of the CJ and Court of Appeal president past their retirement age.

On Malaysian Bar’s bid for a special panel to hear its challenge to the post-retirement appointments of two top judges.

The hearing of this application has been fixed on March 2 before the Federal Court.

This is regarding holding of office beyond the constitutional retirement age of 66 years, six months.