Bid to drop suit against chief justice must wait


Bede Hong Desmond Davidson

Sangeet Kaur Deo says she has made a fresh complaint to the new chief justice and wants to withdraw her suit against the latter for failing to address alleged judicial misconduct. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 20, 2019.

A SUIT against the chief justice for failing to address alleged judicial misconduct can only be withdrawn after two other related court matters are addressed at the end of the month, said lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo.

She also said any future judicial decision to investigate allegations of judicial misconduct as made by a Court of Appeal judge would have to wait until the hearing of an application to intervene by lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla on August 29 is disposed of.


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