The Next Chief Justice: Tan Sri Ariffin Zakaria
Editor, The Malaysia Insider
Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Ariffin Zakaria (left) is right away tipped to succeed Tun Zaki Azmi when a arch justice retires in September, as a many senior Chief Justice-in-waiting, Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff, retires this Sunday a year forward of schedule.
The Malaysian Insider understands which Federal Court Judge Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin will succeed Ariffin as a Chief Judge while Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif will be declared President of a Court of Appeal. Tan Sri Richard Malanjum will sojourn as Chief Judge of Sabah as well as Sarawak.The list has been confirmed. Ariffin will be a brand new CJ in September.
Zulkefli is a brand new Chief Judge as well as Raus is a Appeal Court Chief, a supervision source told The Malaysian Insider.He said a Conference of Rulers had approved a appointments recently, months after Alauddin had sent a minute to a King in March, asking to retire upon his 65th birthday this year, due to ill-health related to prostate issues.Alauddin was in line to take over a countrys top legal post as Chief Justice from Zaki, who turn 66 this Sep 12.
The Malaysian Insider reported in Mar which Alauddin had sent a resignation minute notwithstanding having some-more than a year left in service. There is speak of dissatisfaction upon a succession after Zaki though a judges wouldnt speak about this openly, a source told The Malaysian Insider then.
Zaki was in private practice until his appointment as Federal Court decider in 2007. His reign as Chief Justice has seen cha! nges to clear a reserve in t! he judic ial complement which had led to complaints from a Malaysian Bar.
The supervision has committed to modernising a legal system, together with a digital registration of cases, which has run into some implementation issues, though Zaki is operative with a lawyers to finalise a problems prior to his early retirement in September.
His expected successor, Ariffin, assimilated a legal use in 1974 as well as served in assorted capacities therein together with as a federal warn as well as legal confidant prior to being made a legal government official in 1992.
He was towering as a High Court decider two years later. In 2002 he was promoted to a Court of Appeal prior to relocating up to a Federal Court in 2005. He is right away 61 as well as has five years left in a service.
Zulkefli (right) entered a legal use in 1976 as a emissary open prosecutor as well as served in other
capacities prior to being declared as legal government official in 1994.He became a High Court decider in 1996 as well as was afterwards towering to a Court of Appeal in 2005 prior to being promoted to a Federal Court in 2007. He is right away 60 years old.
Md Raus began his legal career as a magistrate in 1976 as well as after as a sessions justice decider prior to switching to be a emissary open prosecutor in 1980. He was after declared to assorted posts as legal adviser until 1994 when he was made a legal commissioner.
He afterwards became a high justice decider as well as after promoted to a appeals court. He is also 60 years old.
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