| Sultan Azlan Shah speaks out |
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| Monday, 29 October 2007 11:49pm | |
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©The Sun (Used by permission) KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 29, 2007): A quick-take on what
Perak's Sultan Azlan Shah, a former Lord President, has to say about the
Judiciary today: • I found it necessary to speak at some leangth on matters ( regarding judiciary) because it is my earnest hope that the Malaysian judiciary will regain the public’s confidence and it will once again be held in the high esteem as it once was held. • A judiciary loses its value and service to the community if there is no public confidence in its decision-making. • It is of the essence of a judge’s character that he must be a person of unquestionable integrity who brings an unbiased mind to his task. Like Caesar’s wife. He should be above suspicion. • There is no reason why judges with the assured security of tenure they enjoy under the Constitution should not discharge their duties impartially, confidently and competently • Judges must piously resist the lure of socialising with business personages and other well-connected people. They may discover at their peril that they have compromised themselves in the cases that come before them with the unedifying of recusal application. • Judging in a diverse society is not an easy task. Judges in many parts of the world face similar difficulties … Judges in Malaysia must be ever mindful that they are appointed judges for all Malaysians. • The inevitable consequence of incompetence is delayed
judgments and backlog in cases would lead to all round of dissatisfaction …
Surely, such a situation cannot be tolerated in any progressive nation. • Judges are supposed to be no respecters of persons who appear before them. This rule applies not only to litigants but also to lawyers. It’s not just a matter of prudence and good practice, but fundamentally one of ethics. • There have been allegations against some lawyers that in
clear dereliction of their responsibilities, they have either misled the courts,
or attempted to choose the judges or courts for their cases to be heard so as to
obtain a favourable decision in their client’s favour. This is a serious
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