‘Don’t abuse process of the court’


Getting her legal perspective: Tengku Maimun (left) at the Negri Sembilan Bar Law Conference in Seremban. — Bernama

SEREMBAN: Lawyers have increasingly tried to get leave to appeal to the Federal Court in cases that do not qualify to be heard, says Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat.

The top judge said many of those cases did not meet the threshold required under Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.

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