Unconstitutional to extend CJ’s tenure by parliamentary vote, say lawyers

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They say it runs afoul of the constitutional provision that mandates Federal Court judges shall retire at age 66.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/27/unconstitutional-to-extend-cjs-tenure-by-parliamentary-vote-say-lawyers/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/01/27/lanjut-jawatan-ketua-hakim-dengan-undi-parlimen-tak-berperlembagaan-kata-peguam/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #FederalCourt #Judges #Parliamentary

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00:00Three lawyers have rejected former Law Minister Zayed Ibrahim's call to extend the tenure

00:07of Chief Justice Tengku Maimuntuan Mat by five years.

00:12Lawyer Bastian Pius Wendargen said the proposal contradicts the mandatory retirement age

00:18of 66 years for federal court judges set out in Article 125 of the federal constitution.

00:27The provision allows the young Tiputuan Agong to extend a retiring judge's tenure by up

00:32to six months.

00:35Wendargen said the move would be unconstitutional and open to legal challenge under public law.

00:42Last week, Zayed called for opposition leader Hamzah Zainuddin to move a parliamentary motion

00:49seeking the extension of Tengku Maimuntuan's tenure.

00:54Lawyer Philip Koh said while former Chief Justice Raul Shariff's tenure as the top judge

00:59was extended by three years, the move had been widely criticized by members of the legal

01:05fraternity at the time.

01:08Former Malaysian Bar President Salim Bashir reiterated that the prerogative of approving

01:14the extension of judges is best left to the wisdom of the king.

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