Judicial Independence


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 17 Apr 2025

The recent reminders by the Right Honourable Chief Justice of Malaysia Tun Tengku Maimun binti Tuan Mat delivered at the Opening of the Legal Year 2025 Malaysia on 8th January 2025 and at the 24th Commonwealth Law Conference in Malta on 8th April 2025 (1), as well as the statement by the Malaysian Bar dated 14th April 2025, of the importance of and necessity for an independent Judiciary and for the continuous strengthening of its independence are timely and ought to be supported.

There has been in the last week much ado about and much misunderstanding on what judicial independence is and should be in Malaysia.

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