News about High Court

KUALA LUMPUR (June 17): The High Court here has granted leave to 18 Malaysian youths to challenge the government's action in delaying the implementation of Undi18, a move to lower the voting age to 18 and to enable automatic voter registration (AVR).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): The Inland Revenue Board today denied at the High Court here that there was any malice on its part in filing a bankruptcy notice against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for owing RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 9): High Court Judicial Commissioner Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad will hear 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) US$7.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): High Court Judicial Commissioner Adlin Abdul Majid (pictured) has recused herself from hearing 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) lawsuit against ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and 14 others because Adlin and two lawyers representing 1MDB were formerly law firm partners of Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 4): High Court Judge Datuk Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin is now the judge hearing 1Malaysia Development Bhd’s (1MDB) former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd's lawsuit against ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and six others after High Court Judicial Commissioner Liza Chan Sow Keng recused herself from hearing the case as Najib is her friend.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Malay Mail senior correspondent Ida Lim Lee Ting confirmed at the High Court today that she in 2018 wrote four news articles based on lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's (pictured) press statement, which was issued in response to allegations that the RM9.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali (pictured) was partially successful today in his discovery application at the High Court to obtain letters and documents related to the termination of his service as Attorney General (AG) three years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's lawyer likened fugitive financier Low Taek Jho (Jho Low) (pictured) to "an octopus with plenty of tentacles" at the High Court today in seeking to highlight Low's elaborate plan to siphon off billions of dollars from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) second SRC International Sdn Bhd trial for three money laundering charges involving RM27 million, scheduled in July, has been shelved until March next year.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 8): The Court of Appeal bench hearing former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak's appeal against the guilty verdict in his SRC International Sdn Bhd graft trial reminded his defence team that they are supposed to finish submissions for their case today and that they should stop repeating what they had submitted previously.