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The Palace of Justice (Malay: Istana Kehakiman, Jawi: ايستان کحاکيمن ) houses the Malaysian Court of Appeal and Federal Court, which moved to Putrajaya from the Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur in 2003. [1]
The Federal Court of Malaysia (Malay: Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia; Jawi: محكمه ڤرسكوتوان مليسيا ) is the highest court and the final appellate court in Malaysia. It is housed in the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya. The court was established during Malaya's independence in 1957 and received its current name in 1994.
The Special Court was established in 1993 to hear cases of offences or wrongdoings made by a Ruler. A Ruler includes the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King), the sultans of monarchical states in Malaysia, the Yang di-Pertua Negeri, and the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, i.e.: the head of states of Malaysia and its component
The Court of Appeal (Malay: Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia; Jawi: محکمه رايوان مليسيا ) is an appellate court of the judiciary system in Malaysia.It is the second highest court in the hierarchy below the Federal Court.
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 newly-completed Penang High Court at Light Street in the 1910s. As Penang Island, then named the Prince of Wales Island, flourished into a strategic entrepôt with a growing immigrant population, Captain Francis Light sought the advice of the Governor-General in India on establishing a judicial authority within the new settlement. [1]
The high courts in Malaysia are the third-highest courts in the hierarchy of courts, after the Federal Court and the Court of Appeal.Article 121 of the Constitution of Malaysia provides that there shall be two high courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction—the High Court in Malaya and the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak (before 1994, the High Court in Borneo).
Abang Hashim's career in the Judicial and Legal Service began on 1 August 1983 when he was appointed as a magistrate in Miri, Sarawak. [1] [3] [4] [2] In the same year, he also served in the magistrates' court of Limbang before being transferred to the equivalent court in his hometown of Sibu in the 1984.