5 appellate judges may be elevated to Federal Court, say sources

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Separately, six judges of the Federal Court may be in the running to fill the top two vacancies of chief justice and Court of Appeal president.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/07/14/5-appellate-judges-may-be-elevated-to-federal-court-say-sources  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/07/14/5-hakim-mahkamah-rayuan-mungkin-diangkat-ke-mahkamah-persekutuan-kata-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://Ábit.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 #Judges #FederalCourt #Vacancies

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00:00Five judges of the Court of Appeal could be elevated to the federal court to fill vacancies

00:06created by retirements of several senior judges, according to sources. It is learned that among

00:12those in contention for elevation are appellate justices Aziza Nawawi and Nazlan Ghazali,

00:18who on several occasions have been co-opted to sit on the federal court bench. Separately,

00:23six federal court judges could be in the running to fill the posts of Chief Justice and President

00:28of the Appeal Court. They are said to be Justices Rozari Abujang, Nordin Hassan, Abu Bakr Jais,

00:35Wazir Alam Maidin Meera, Ahmad Terudin Saleh, and Lee Sui Seng. Sources told FMT that the promotion

00:42of the five appellate court judges was one option to fill federal court vacancies,

00:46with the other option being to adopt the recommendations of the Judicial Appointments

00:50Commission. The five appellate judges under consideration have risen through the ranks

00:55and have accumulated over 10 years of experience on the bench, presiding over criminal and civil

01:00cases. The five vacancies on the federal court arise from the retirements of Chief Justice

01:06Tengkudmai Muntwan Mat, Court of Appeal President Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, and federal court judges

01:11Harminder Singh Daliwal and Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil, while the Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak,

01:17Abdul Rahman Sebli, will retire on July 24th. The functions of Chief Justice and Court of Appeal

01:23President are currently being performed by Chief Judge of Malaya, Hasna Hashim, and federal

01:27court judge Zabario Yusuf, respectively.

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