Federal Court judge Nallini Pathmanathan made JAC member

 

Justice Nallini Pathmanathan has been appointed to the Judicial Appointments Commission by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. (Bernama pic)

PUTRAJAYA: Federal Court judge Nallini Pathmanathan has been appointed as a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) for a two-year term.

Her name was on the list of the nine commission members that had been updated on the JAC website.

The JAC proposes appointments and promotions of judges to the government.

Her appointment was made by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as provided under Section 5(1)(e) of the JAC Act.

Nallini, 63, replaces Zabidin Diah as one of the appointed members of the JAC, following his appointment as Chief Judge of Malaya on Jan 17.

Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Court of Appeal President Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abdul Rahman Sebli and Zabidin are automatically JAC members as they hold the top posts in the judiciary.

Last September, then prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob appointed four persons to the JAC for a two-year term.

They are former chief justice Raus Sharif, former Federal Court judge Suriyadi Halim Omar, retired Sarawak attorney-general Abdul Razak Tready, and International Islamic University Malaysia law lecturer Shamrahayu Abdul Aziz. - FMT