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Monday, November 5, 2007

8. Justice denied

Just fancy that. A judge not writing judgements.

According to Court of Appeal Judge, Datuk Gopal Sri Ram this delays justice.

This honourable judge says he cannot do better than to quote from a judgement of former Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abbas:

" We hope that judges should endeavour to write their grounds of decision and take delight in this aspect of judicial work as a matter of personal pride and satisfaction and not as a burdensome task. If the practice of not writing written grounds of judgment is widespread, the system of administration of justice will tumble down."

Read the full story here.

I say don't we have a disciplinary teacher in the judiciary! This is worse than students not doing their homework. What has the de facto Law Minister got to say for this?