COMMENT | In a fairly recent judgment involving a Muslim preacher, Firdaus Wong, the High Court judge held the preacher had infringed the constitutional rights of eight non-Muslim parents when Firdaus allegedly encouraged the covert conversion of their minor children via a video posted on social media.

Cases entailing constitutional jurisprudence have always piqued my interest. Thus, it warrants a comment.

Anyway, the judge seemed to have broken new ground by holding that individuals may take legal action against their fellow citizens for breaches of constitutional rights.

As expected, Firdaus’s counsel sought to convince the judge that such constitutional rights could only be enforced against the legislature or the executive, and not...