PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 — The Federal Court today in a majority decision rejected two non-governmental organisations' (NGOs) application for leave to appeal against a previous...
Simplified: Why Malaysia’s vernacular schools are constitutional and their use of Tamil and Chinese is legally protected, according to Court of Appeal Jiao Zong chairman Cheah Lek Aee, Dong Zong Majlis Bahasa Cina Malaysia chairman Datuk Heng Hong Chai, Dong Zong chairman Tan Tai Kim and Supramaniam Ramasamy in Putrajaya February 20, 2024.
“This is a majority decision. We are not satisfied that we ought or should exercise our discretion to grant leave on the amended question under Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964,” she said, adding that Mappim’s and Gapena’s application for leave to appeal would also not fulfil the requirements under Section 96 of the same law.
The conditions to obtain leave for appeal from the Federal Court are namely Section 96 and Section 96. Haniff amended this question by inserting the words “medium of instruction” and had only relied on Section 96 to argue that Mappim and Gapena should be granted leave of appeal for this question.
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