PMs tea with judges implies political tampering, say legal eagles


By Debra Chong
September 07, 2011

Najibs public tea event with the judges is being seen as the primary such assembly in the country. File pic
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 The annual Conference of Judges which kicks off today will include, for possibly the primary time, the assembly with the budding apportion which critics contend will further erode open certainty in the autonomy of the judiciary.

The Malaysian Insider understands which the judges were initially scheduled to plead writing judgments this afternoon though the final minute change meant the outing to Putrajaya to encounter Datuk Seri Najib Razak in the commission led by effusive Chief Justice Tun Zaki Azmi.

Zaki, who set the record for being the fastest-rising decider when he was appointed to the tip post after spending less than three years upon the Bench, will be clocking out upon Friday.

Judicial sources pronounced the primary discussion agenda focused upon judgments as the office work is consequential to close disputes brought to justice as well as can meant life or death in rapist cases. There was also ostensible to be the lecture upon arbitration.

This has never happened during my time, retired decider Datuk Shaik Daud Ismail replied toThe Malaysian Insider when asked if there had been any similar meetings in between the conduct of the executive bend of supervision as well as the legal arm of supervision in past conferences.

Shaik Daud was primary appointed to the High Court in 1984 as well as stepped down from the Court of Appeal in June 2001.

According to the copy of the discussion report obtained yesterday by The Malaysian Insider, the judges are to attend the opening ceremony during the JW Marriott Hotel here from 8.30am prior to boarding the train after l! unch to the yellow-domed Palace of Justice (PoJ) in the inhabitant administrative collateral some! 34km aw ay to encounter as well as take pictures with Najib during 5pm.

After the print session, Najib will be given the tour of an in-house notable relic as well as the courtrooms prior to being escorted to the tip judges chambers by the judiciarys tip 4 incoming-CJ Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria, newly-appointed Court of Appeal President Tan Sri Md Raus Sharif, Chief Judge of Sabah as well as Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, as well as Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin.

The annual judges assembly ends with the tea celebration with the PM in the eighth month courthouses banquet hall.

Lawyer Ragunath Kesavan, who is the immediate past president of the Malaysian Bar, laid open the judiciarys likely unprecedented assembly with the budding apportion during an central discussion to plead the duties, as the blurring of lines in between the apart branches of government.

He pronounced the fact which the assembly will be photographed done it worse.

The assembly in between the budding apportion as well as the law during the judges discussion implies there is no subdivision of powers, he told The Malaysian Insider when contacted final night.

The print event creates it worse because it is important which the open perceives the judges to be independent, Ragunath added, explaining which capturing the PM together with judges during the encounter meant to plead the judiciarys duties as well as responsibilities was different from the law discussion which talks about disputes.

The judiciary, which has been expel underneath the clouded cover given the 1988 argumentative sacking of the tip judge, former Lord President Tun Salleh Abas, has been underneath even heavier fire after Election 2008 when Zaki, the former Umno lawyer, was picked to be Chief Justice.

Zaki has introduced multiform measures to speed up cases as well as ensure judgments are released upon ti! me thoug h his early retirement has been overwhelmed by debate over amendments which allow him to get the full pension despite portion just the few years in the judiciary.


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