Malanjum wants regular meetings with the Bar

PUTRAJAYA: Chief Justice Tan Sri Richard Malanjum wants to have regular meetings with the Bar – once every two months – to sort out issues that may arise, said Malaysian Bar president George Varughese.

He said the matter was raised in a meeting between the Bar and Malanjum at the Palace of Justice here yesterday.

Also discussed was the previous policy of only allowing court cases to be postponed if the reasons were death or near-death.

“We raised the issue of applications for postponement of cases, which is allowed if it involves death or near-death reasons as practised by the previous Chief Justice.

“Malanjum said it will no longer be the policy of the courts. He assured the Bar that adjournments would be granted if there are proper and reasonable reasons for seeking the adjournment,” Varughese said.