Successor to Arifin identified Chief Justice’s term ends in April

Distinguished panel: Arifin (second from right) presiding over the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year 2017 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre. Accompanying him are (from left) Federal Court judge Tan Sri Ahmad Maarop, Chief Judge of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum and Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin.

PUTRAJAYA: The successor to Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria, whose term of office ends in April, has been identified.

Speaking to reporters after attending the Ceremonial Opening of the Legal Year here, Arifin said the Judicial Appointments Com­­mission had identified the candidate and made a decision.