EQUALITY before the law and the equal protection of the law is clearly enshrined in Malaysia’s Federal Constitution, hence, no one is above the law – and this includes members of the judiciary.
Members of the judiciary must be allowed to perform their judicial functions freely and fearlessly, without any external interference. In the discharge of his/her duties, a judge should be independent and impartial. He/She should be subject to nothing but the law and the command of his/her conscience. The goal of judicial independence is to ensure justice is done in individual cases and to ensure public confidence in the justice system.
