SHAH ALAM, Sept 6 — Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat called on the legal fraternity to adhere to their code of conduct and avoid besmirching the justice system for more favourable goals.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 15 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of former lorry driver Jaafar Ngamil to 34 years in prison for strangling his girlfriend's husband to death.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 15 — A prisoner on death row for murdering his sister-in-law, who was also his lover, at a hotel in 2014 escaped the gallows today when the Federal Court commuted the death sentence with 32 years imprisonment and 12 strokes of the cane.

JOHOR BAHRU, July 17 — A former security guard escaped the death penalty after the Federal Court replaced it with a 40-year prison sentence for murdering his friend’s teenage daughter 13 years ago.

JOHOR BAHRU, July 16 — The Federal Court has upheld the death sentence imposed on a man who murdered his six-year-old stepson 13 years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — Former chief justice Tun Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah, who passed away yesterday aged 86, was a highly esteemed figure in the judiciary and legal realm, notably recognised as the first serving lawyer to hold the position of Chief Justice.

PUTRAJAYA, July 4 — A former scrap metal dealer’s death sentence for killing a transvestite 15 years ago was commuted to 38 years in jail by the Federal Court today.

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence imposed on a former hair stylist to 40 years in jail for kidnapping and killing a sales girl 16 years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, May 16 — The Federal Court has upheld the death sentence of a Singaporean man for the murder of his eight-year-old Thai stepson in 2008.

PUTRAJAYA, April 30 — The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of a former storekeeper to 30 years in jail for strangling his girlfriend with her headscarf almost 16 years ago.

PUTRAJAYA, April 30 — Two former policemen escaped the gallows after the Federal Court’s three-member panel commuted the death sentences imposed on them to 40 years in jail for the murder of an Indonesian mechanic 18 years ago.

KOTA BHARU, April 17 — A stall trader escaped the gallows today after the Federal Court commuted the death sentence to 35 years in prison for killing a man nine years ago.

KOTA BHARU, April 17 — A former excavator driver escaped the death penalty after the Federal Court commuted his sentence to 38 years in prison and 12 lashes for killing a woman 16 years ago.

KOTA BHARU, March 6 — The Kelantan State Legislative Assembly which convened today passed a motion to re-enact all 16 provisions of Syariah offences that were declared null and void by the Federal Court on February 9.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — The independence and integrity of the courts must be safeguarded by all stakeholders at all times and at any cost to boost investors’ confidence globally, said Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — A 76-year-old former security guard was among nine individuals whose death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment of 30 years by the Federal Court today.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 26 — The Federal Court today acquitted and discharged three friends, including one woman, on the charge of murdering a man whose body has yet to be found.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat has guaranteed the Malaysian judiciary, via the principles of rule of law espoused by the Asean collaboration, will continue to perform its function without fear or favour and without bias for any particular party.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 7 — Two men escaped the gallows today after their drug trafficking charges were reduced to drug possession.

PUTRAJAYA July 18 — A provision in the Penal Code that criminalises men for enticing married women is unconstitutional and should be abolished, a lawyer told the Federal Court five-member bench today.