Bar: Appointments of CJ and Court of Appeal president unconstitutional

KUALA LUMPUR: The appointments of Chief Justice Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin as additional judges in the Federal Court are unconstitutional, says the Malaysian Bar.

Its president George Varughese said Article 122(1A) of the Federal Constitution did not permit former Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on such matters.