PUTRAJAYA: A registered voter has lost her appeal at the Court of Appeal here for a declaration that a meeting convened by the Election Commission (EC) chairman alone without other members and decisions made at the meeting relating to the Semenyih state by-election was null and void.A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal, Datuk Suraya Othman and Datuk Azizah Nawawi, in a unanimous decision, dismissed Puan Sri Sabariah Mohd Shariff’s appeal.
Justice Harmindar Singh, who chaired the panel, said under Section 114(7) and Section 33C of the 11th Schedule of the Federal Constitution, the EC is allowed to exist and function lawfully in the event of vacancies in their membership.
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