Bail counter early closure smacks of arrogance By R Nadeswaran

Malaysiakini : COMMENT | The late Justice NH Chan’s notation in the case of Ayer Molek Rubber Co Bhd vs Insas Bhd is a constant reminder of the tumultuous days of the judiciary in the mid-1990s.

“All is not well in the House of Denmark,” he remarked in a damning indictment of the Court of Appeal, which was then housed in Wisma Denmark along Jalan Ampang in Kuala Lumpur.

These courageous words were expunged and the then chief justice, sitting in the Federal Court, Eusoff Chin, asked, “Why should the learned judges of the Court of Appeal go on a frolic of their own and find fault with the High Court judge, criticise the conduct of the applicant’s solicitors in a very disparaging manner?”

That phrase from Shakespeare’s Hamlet may have been removed from the judgment and the official records but remains in perpetuity as a constant reminder of those dark days.

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