FEDERAL Court judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah has been appointed as the acting Chief Judge of Malaya (CJM), according to the Office of the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court (The Star, Nov 9; online at bit.ly/star_judge). The post was left vacant following the retirement of Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed on Oct 27.
This is not the first time that the office has been left vacant following a retirement. Azahar himself was appointed as the acting CJM following Tan Sri Zaharah Ibrahim’s retirement on May 16, 2019. He was only appointed to the office some three months later, in August.