Senior judge gets interim stay over ethics committee inquiry

BernamaPublished: Nov 12, 2020 11:43 AM | Updated: Nov 12, 2020 1:46 PM

The Kuala Lumpur High Court today allowed the Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer's application for an interim stay of the Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC) inquiry proceedings against him, which was scheduled on Nov 25.

Judge Mariana Yahya in her decision said that the status quo must be maintained until the hearing of Hamid Sultan's application for leave for a judicial review that challenges the JEC's decision to hold the investigative proceedings against him in-camera...

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