Ashes and Silence [Part 9/11-The Malaysian Judiciary Then and Now]
The Bar went to court twice for the judges, and lost twice. The second time, it was the Bar that was punished.
Read MoreThe Bar went to court twice for the judges, and lost twice. The second time, it was the Bar that was punished.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court of Malaysia sat that Saturday at ten minutes to one. It had no registry.
Read MoreHe lost the case three to two in 1988. The Federal Court handed it to him in 2024, long after he was gone.
Read MoreHe declared Malaysia's law secular, then spent the rest of his life obeying his own judgment — in pencil. Why the pencil, do you think?
Read MoreBacon said judges are lions under the throne. Mahadev Shankar made them tigers, and meant it.
Read MoreHe told a convicted Menteri Besar he had betrayed his Sovereign Ruler. Eight years later, he became one.
Read MoreA two-hour submission, one raised hand, and forty minutes: how a Federal Court judge quietly rewrote Malaysian law.
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