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The courts of Penang and Malacca merged with the rest of Malaya to form the Supreme Court of the Federation of Malaya. This continued upon independence in 1957 until 1963. When Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore formed Malaysia in 1963, the court was renamed the Federal Court of Malaysia.
The highest position in the judiciary of Malaysia is the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Malaysia (also known as the Chief Justice of Malaysia), followed by the President of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Judge of Malaya, and the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak. The superior courts are the High Court, Court of Appeal, and the Federal ...
The office of chief justice of the Federal Court is established under Article 122 of the Constitution of Malaysia, which establishes the then-Supreme Court (now Federal Court) as consisting of a lord president (now chief justice), the chief judges of the High Courts and at least four other judges and such additional judges as may be appointed pursuant to Clause (1A).
The Former Supreme Court Building is the former court house of the Supreme Court of the Federated Malay States in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in 1915 when the Supreme Court was relocated from Court Hill.
The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis (also known as the 1988 judicial crisis) was a series of events that began with United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party elections in 1987 and ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat.
The Supreme Court of Penang was opened at Fort Cornwallis, George Town on 31 May 1808. [1] [3] Sir Edmond Stanley became the first Recorder of the Supreme Court of Penang, [4] and therefore, of all of Malaya. This event marked the birth of Malaysia's judiciary and legal profession.
This category lists all heads of Malaysian judiciary, including the Lord Presidents of the Supreme Court (1957-1994), and the Chief Justices of Malaysia (1994-present). Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chief Justices of Malaysia .
The title of Lord President of the Supreme Court was formerly the title of the head of the judiciary in Malaysia, until 1994 when the office was renamed "Chief Justice of the Federal Court". The lord president was head of the highest court in Malaysia after the abolition of appeals from Malaysia to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in ...