Three of them apologised. Two refused. That is how the story is usually told. It is wrong in every part.
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The Supreme Court of Malaysia sat that Saturday at ten minutes to one. It had no registry.
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Bacon said judges are lions under the throne. George Seah read the sentence and crossed out three words.
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In 1988, a tremor rent Malaysia’s halls of justice: an institutional earthquake that cleaved its very bedrock. Constitutional pillars crumbled; and the Beacon that once burned bright for Justice flickered, and then, died. Sacred robes, woven with centuries of honour, lay torn in the rubble. The Unthinkable carved its wound into the very beating heart of the Constitution. Here sleep the lasting memories of those who fell, shields raised against the ...
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Will you resign on a point of principle? Someone asked whether a person must resign from a post, on grounds of principle. It created a debate. It went like this: One said she would not, for' it was better to stay on, and fight'. Another said 'a good man must leave'. He would not consort with those who acted outside the norms of integrity and propriety. A third said: - ‘It depends on who ‘me’ was’. And ...
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Many judges and lawyers gave their all to the Bar. If we forget them, we forget who we are. We are all but a package of our memories. You take away the memories, and you take away your personality.
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