The country may get its first female chief justice in the form of Federal Court judge Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat., Tengku Maimun's name is one of the three submitted by the Judicial Appointments Commission to the Conference of Rulers for approval to replace the recently retired Richard Malanjum.
Tengku Maimun served as a judicial commissioner in 2006 before being appointed a judge of the High Court of Malaya. She was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2013, and appointed Federal Court Judge in November last year. The second name submitted is that of Federal Court judge Azahar Mohamed, a veteran in the judicial field of 40 years. He was elevated to the apex court in 2014, some 10 years after being appointed a judicial commissioner in 2004, saidAzahar still sits on the JAC, which is tasked with the selection of superior court judges, following his appointment by former premier Najib Abdul Razak in 2017.
The third and last possible candidate is Federal Court Judge Idrus Harun, who was elevated to the court in November last year. Idrus, the elder brother is to Election Commission chairperson Azhar Azizan Harun, had previously served as solicitor-general and legal advisor to the EC and the MACC.
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