News about Federal Court

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Former Solicitor General and Federal Court judge Tan Sri Idrus Harun (pictured) has been appointed the new Attorney General for two years.

KUALA LUMPUR: Without a doubt, the Federal Court’s “landmark” ruling that the housing controller has no power to grant an extension of time (EOT) to developers to complete their development projects would have “major implications” for the property development industry.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 14): The Federal Court in Putrajaya is expected to decide tomorrow whether appointed senior Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram (pictured), the Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) and the government can appeal against the appellate court's decision that granted leave to Datuk Seri Najib Razak and lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah to challenge the appointment of Sri Ram as a prosecutor in the case.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Ouster clauses should be made unconstitutional, says former Federal Court justice Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram, referring to laws passed by Parliament that seek to prevent a judicial review of decisions made by the executive branch of the government.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 4): The government will remain as a defendant in the RM100 million civil suit filed by the family of the late Altantuya Shaariibui following her grisly murder 13 years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): JAKS Resources Bhd was granted an interim injunction by the Federal Court yesterday to restrain the payout of a RM50 million bank guarantee to Star Media Group Bhd.

PETALING JAYA (April 2): The committee on an action body of the original Ijok land settlers lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today on suspicion of misappropriation by certain people who had allegedly signed an agreement to resolve a dispute surrounding the sale of land to private developers at the Federal Court, reported Bernama.

  PETALING JAYA (March 19): The Chief Registrar’s Office (CRO) of the Federal Court has repudiated claims by the Malaysian Auctioneers Council president Mustafa Osman that the e-Lelong (e-Auction) system implementation was done without properly consulting the relevant stakeholders, reported Bernama.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): AWC Bhd has secured a RM24.

PETALING JAYA (March 20): The online property auction platform e-Lelong for court auctions will be officially launched before the month is out.