KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Former Federal Court Judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram is well-known for giving on-the-spot oral judgments and landmark rulings relating to constitutional, public, contract, and industrial law.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 19 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak failed in his attempt to recuse one of the sitting judges in his review application over his conviction in the RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd case.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim was today sworn in as the Court of Appeal President, the second highest post in the judiciary.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The government and political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda have filed notices of appeal against the decision of the Shah Alam High Court which allowed the suit of the family of model Altantuya Shaariibuu over her death in 2006.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 6 — The Court of Appeal here today upheld the five-year jail sentence on two men for possession of an axe and knives in a public place without valid authorisation.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 28 — The Court of Appeal has set March 9 next year to hear an appeal of a teenager, currently being detained at the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong after being found guilty for the death of 23 people in a fire at Pusat Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah five years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 19 — The Court of Appeal has fixed June 22 and 23 next year to hear Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s appeal against her conviction, 10-year jail sentence and RM970 million fine in her RM1.25 billion corruption case on a solar hybrid project for 369 rural schools in Sarawak.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 13 — A Singaporean was spared the gallows after the Court of Appeal set aside his conviction on two counts of trafficking in 4,026.73 grammes of methamphetamine and 243 grammes of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA).

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 8 — Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak lost his appeal today to get banking documents relating to investment bank Goldman Sachs and former Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz's family for use in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has failed to set aside a Mareva injunction obtained by SRC International Sdn Bhd and one of its subsidiaries to restrain him from transferring or dissipating any of his assets amounting to RM42 million.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 2 — A canopy supplier who was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to be whipped for firearms trafficking, walked out a free man today after winning his appeal to set aside his conviction and sentence.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 2 — A senior police officer was given another chance to appeal a 10-year jail term and RM42 million fine imposed on him by the Court of Appeal for money laundering offences involving RM3.35 million.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 30 — Actor-director Farid Kamil Zahari was fined RM5,000 for administering drugs to himself four years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 23 — The Court of Appeal here today upheld the Home Ministry's decision to ban smoking in all eateries, ruling that smoking in public places is not a fundamental right that should be protected under the Federal Constitution.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 17 — A fisherman was sentenced to 12 years in jail and was ordered to be whipped 10 times after he pleaded guilty to an amended charge of possessing 1.3kg of cocaine.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 14 — The Court of Appeal is set to give its verdict involving two appeals on the legal challenge filed by incumbent Klang MP Charles Santiago and a Pandan voter to stop the Election Commission from conducting the 15th General Election (GE15), tomorrow.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 10 — The Court of Appeal here today upheld the RM220,000 fine imposed on Imperial Dental Specialist Sdn Bhd after it was found guilty on four charges in connection with the death of Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s son-in-law Datuk Syed Alman Zain Syed Alwi during a dental treatment six years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 8 — The Court of Appeal here today upheld the 15-year jail sentence imposed on a 60-year-old man for raping his stepdaughter.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 4 — The Court of Appeal today dismissed an application by a Pandan voter for an injunction order to stop the Election Commission (EC) from holding the 15th General Election (GE15) pending the outcome of his appeal.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 3 — Three men, including two Iranians nationals, escaped the gallows today over trafficking 20.89 kg of methamphetamine.