A five-member Federal Court bench today dismissed the review application by senior lawyer VK Lingam to set aside his six months conviction for contempt of court, with regards to an allegation he made that a Federal Court judge had plagiarised a judgment.

Chief Justice Richard Malanjum, who led the bench, ruled that Lingam did not meet the threshold under Rule 137 of the Federal Court Rules 1995 to review the decision made by another bench...