Chief Justice Of Malaya
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Chief justice of malaya. The new chief judge of malaya the third most senior post in the judiciary is due to be sworn in today. Tan sri zaharah ibrahim is new chief judge of malaya 17 jul 2018 19 42 h. On 17th may 2019 his lordship was designated by the right hon. Tan sri zaharah ibrahim being sworn in as the new chief judge of malaya at the palace of justice in putrajaya on july 17.
Her ladyship read law at university of malaya and graduated with honours in 1982. The right honourable tan sri dato sri azahar bin mohamed was born on 27th april 1956 in johor bahru johor. Judicial appointments commission level 5 north block palace of justice precinct 3 62506 putrajaya malaysia. Chief justice ssm pmn spsk dupn dpsk.
The current chief justice is tengku maimun tuan mat since 2 may 2019. The high courts function both as a court of original jurisdiction as well as an appellate court and are each headed by a chief judge before 1994 chief justice. Justice azahar bin mohamed obtained his llb degree from university of malaya in 1980 and llm from london school of economics in 1987. The right honourable tun tengku maimun binti tuan mat was born in kota bharu kelantan on 2 july 1959.
Chief judge of malaya psm ssap dimp kmn. The chief judges of malaya and sabah and sarawak are the third and fourth highest positions in malaysian judiciary after the chief justice of the federal court before 1994 the lord president of the federal court and the. In the spirit of not letting the chief justice hold too much power he s also said he will be adopting a new way of managing the judiciary by giving the top 4 judges the chief justice the court of appeal president the chief judge of malaya and the chief judge of sabah and sarawak equal power and responsibility for policy and management of the judiciary. Chief justice to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the chief judge of malaya and on 08th august 2019 his lordship was appointed as the chief judge of malaya.
It is the highest position in malaysian judicial system followed by the president of the court of appeal of malaysia chief judge of malaya and the chief judge of sabah and sarawak.