Jan 21 decision for Hamid Sultan's review leave application

The Kuala Lumpur High Court fixed Jan 21 for a decision on Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer’s judicial review leave application against the Judges' Ethics Committee.

Judge Mariana Yahya today set the decision date on the leave application for Hamid Sultan to commence judicial review against the current quorum of the committee, which is investigating his affidavit regarding alleged abuses and fraud in the judiciary.

Hamid Sultan seeks to challenge the quorum as some of the judges there were allegedly linked to his affidavit over purported judicial misconduct...