Monday 23 March 2009

Federal Court returns Perak case to High Court

Federal Court returns Perak case to High Court

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 - The Federal Court today ordered to send the Perak Mentris Besar case back to the Kuala Lumpur High Court.

The five-man panel of judges was chaired by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Sherif ruled that Justice Lau Bee Lan had no power to refer the state constitutional question under Section 84 of the Courts Of Judicature Act as the word constitution is limited to the Federal Constitution.

The decision was unanimous.

- MalaysianInsider

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