He lost the case three to two in 1988. The Federal Court handed it to him in 2024, long after he was gone.
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He declared Malaysia's law secular, then spent the rest of his life obeying his own judgment — in pencil. Why the pencil, do you think?
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Bacon said judges are lions under the throne. Mahadev Shankar made them tigers, and meant it.
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He told a convicted Menteri Besar he had betrayed his Sovereign Ruler. Eight years later, he became one.
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A two-hour submission, one raised hand, and forty minutes: how a Federal Court judge quietly rewrote Malaysian law.
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A liquidator's letter, a frozen account, and a bank that helped itself to the money anyway — from London to Kuala Lumpur, the law draws a line
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One dreadful word on a front page. One careful court. How “allegedly” failed to save a newspaper.
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One judgment was ninety-four per cent copy-paste. How the keyboard killed judicial thought — and how to revive it.
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There is a disease at the Bar. The sufferer opens his mouth. He cannot stop.
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Malaysia and India still let a spoken word cost you your house. Guarantee law has always adapted — so why is theirs frozen in 1872?
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