PUTRAJAYA: Two Court of Appeal judges who were appointed Federal Court judges took their oath of office and allegiance on Tuesday (April 21).
Datuk Ravinthran N Paramaguru, 63, and Datuk Azmi Ariffin, 65, took their oaths before Chief Justice Datuk Seri Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh at a ceremony held at the Conference Hall in the Palace of Justice.
Meanwhile, six High Court judges appointed as Court of Appeal judges, took their oaths of office and allegiance before Court of Appeal President Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Jais.
They are Dean Wayne Daly, 61, Aliza Sulaiman, 59, Datuk Amarjeet Singh Serjit Singh, 63, Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Harun, 61, Datuk Seri Latifah Mohd Tahar, 64, and Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh, 59.
Six judicial commissioners who were confirmed High Court judges took their oaths of office and allegiance before Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Seri Hashim Hamzah.
They are Arziah Mohamed Apandi, 50, daughter of former Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, Dr Suzana Muhamad Said, 56, Yusrin Faidz Yusoff, 52, Gan Techiong, 60, Datuk Hazizah Kassim, 53, and Suriyati Hasimah Hashim, 53.
Ravinthran was appointed judicial commissioner on Jan 5, 2009, before being elevated to the High Court in 2013 and later the Court of Appeal in 2019.
Azmi was appointed judicial commissioner in 2014 and elevated to the High Court in 2017. He was promoted to the Court of Appeal in June 2023.
Azmi held various post before he was appointed as Judicial Commissioner. Among the post included as president of the supervisory council to the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) between Feb 1, 2019 and Jan 31, 2023.
On Nov 23, 2021, he was appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as conducting officer for the Royal Commission of Inquiry established to investigate the issue of interference in the appointment of judges
All of their appointments are effective from Tuesday.
This morning His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, presented the instruments of appointment to all of them during an audience at Istana Negara. - Bernama
