Tenures of 6 top judges extended, Tengku Maimun’s position unclear, say sources

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Chief Judge of Malaya Hasnah Hashim will now remain in office until Nov 14 but Justice Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil may not be keen to continue.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/03/13/tenures-of-6-top-judges-extended-tengku-maimuns-position-unclear-say-sources/   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/03/13/khidmat-6-hakim-dilanjut-status-tengku-maimun-belum-jelas-menurut-sumber/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #FederalCourt #Judges #Extended

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00:00Six federal court judges and two judicial administrators, due to retire this year,

00:07have had their tenures extended by six months, say sources. They said Chief Judge of Malaya,

00:13Hasnah Hashim, who assumed office last November, will now remain in office until November 14th.

00:20Others who are said to have been offered extensions are Justices Zabariah Yusuf,

00:24Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, and Hanipah Fari Kula, although a source added that Abdul Karim is not

00:30keen to take up the offer. The second batch of judges who are expected to get their letters

00:35are Court of Appeal President Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and Justice Nalini Padmanathan.

00:41However, the source said the position of Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, the first woman appointed as

00:46the nation's top judge who took office in May 2019, remains unclear as she approaches retirement

00:52on June 30th this year. Meanwhile, Justice Harminder Singh Dhaliwal is set to retire on

00:58April 21st and Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Abdul Rahman Sebli, on July 25th. Both are already

01:05into their extended tenures. All other apex court judges, Justices Rozaria Bujang, Nordin Hassan,

01:12Abu Bakar Jais, Vazir Alam Maydin Mira, and Ahmad Tarirudin Saleh, will remain in office

01:18for between three and eight years. Natasha Buse, FMT.

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