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Maria Chin gets seven-day jail for contempt of court
KUALA LUMPUR: Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah was sentenced to seven days in jail by the Syariah High Court for committing contempt of court in her criticism of the court’s decision to impose a jail term on a businessman’s former wife.
New norms in Brunei judiciary due to pandemic: Chief Justice
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): The challenges posed by the second and third Covid-19 waves have required for the adaptation and re-examination of how justice is administered and delivered.
Change mindset on women leaders
Letter from DR NORAZRIN ZAMRI, Senior lecturer Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Pusat Asasi, Universiti Teknologi Mara.
PM: Deliver divorce, alimony decisions concurrently
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will propose that Syariah Court judges deliver divorce and alimony decisions simultaneously, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
PM: Govt to propose Syariah Court divorces, alimony to be decided together
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will propose that Syariah Court judges deliver divorce and alimony decisions simultaneously, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Only civil courts can review
PUTRAJAYA: The Selangor Syariah Court has no power to hear judicial review cases relating to the decision by its state religious authorities, declares the Federal Court.
Selangor assembly accepts apex court ruling
KLANG: The Selangor State Legislative Assembly accepts and respects the Federal Court’s decision that it cannot empower the state’s Syariah courts to hear judicial reviews in regards to decisions made by the state’s religious authorities.
Denying a mother’s natural rights is not compatible with any religion
From CHAN QUIN ER, Lawyer & MCA Central Committee member.
Federal Constitution is supreme, state can’t exclude judiciary, says SIS
KLANG: Sisters in Islam (SIS) has welcomed the Federal Court’s decision declaring Section 66A of the Administration of the Religion of Islam (State of Selangor) Enactment (ARIE) 2003 as unconstitutional.
S'gor assembly has no authority to give judicial review powers to Syariah Court, Federal Court declares
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court declared on Monday (Feb 21) that the Selangor legislative assembly has no authority to make an enactment which confers the state Syariah Court the power to review fatwa issued by the state religious authorities.
