Lawyer: Dissenting SRC judgment does not taint majority decision

A majority verdict with a dissenting judgment should not be seen as being of a lower decision than a unanimous decision by a three-member or five-member appeal bench, a senior lawyer said today.

Lawyer Haniff Khatri Abdulla, who spoke as a panellist at a Bar Council public forum today, cited the Federal Court's majority 4-1 verdict that denied former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak's application to review his ongoing 12-year jail term in the RM42 million SRC International corruption case...