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KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council has called on the authorities to fill the top position in the judiciary in view of the retirement of Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim at the end of the month.

"We urge that the appointment be made immediately upon the said retirement to avoid the post being left vacant for any length of time," its president Ambiga Sreene-vasan said in a statement yesterday.

The Conference of Rulers which endorses appointments and promotion of judicial officers will meet for two days from Oct 31.

Ahmad Fairuz, who has been holding the position since 2003, will turn 66 on Nov 1, the compulsory retirement age for judges.

Under the Constitution, the prime minister need not consult the CJ on who among judges should fill the post and the name is then forwarded to the Conference of Rulers.

By convention, the Court of Appeal president, the number two in the judicial ladder, will be elevated to to the post of CJ.

The Court of Appeal president is Datuk Abdul Hamid Mohamed, 65, who assumed the position on Sept 5.

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