The Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) has filed an application to expunge large portions of Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer’s affidavit, which lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo is relying on in her lawsuit against the chief justice.
Senior federal counsel Suzana Atan said the AGC, which filed the application on March 7, is seeking the expungement as the impugned contents of the affidavit were “contemptuous, scandalous, and scurrilous attack on the judiciary”.
“The judge set April 3 to allow the applicant (Sangeet) to file an affidavit-in-reply (against the AGC’s expungement bid),” Suzana said when met after proceedings at the Kuala Lumpur High Court this morning.
In her lawsuit, Sangeet is seeking a declaration that the chief justice - not named in her originating summons - had failed to defend the integrity and credibility of the judiciary when he did not complete investigations relating to two allegations of judicial interference.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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