Court of Appeal of Malaysia

Court of Appeal of Malaysia
Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia محکمه رايوان مليسيا‎
The Court of Appeal is located in the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
Established	1994
Jurisdiction	Malaysia
Location	Palace of Justice, Putrajaya, FT
Composition method	Royal appointment with the advice of the Prime Minister
Authorised by	Federal Constitution
Appeals to	Federal Court of Malaysia
Judge term length	Compulsory retirement at age 66
Number of positions	33 (including 3 vacancies)
Website	www.kehakiman.gov.my
President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia
Currently	Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim
Since	17 January 2023

The Court of Appeal (Malay: Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia; Jawi: محکمه رايوان مليسيا‎) is an appellate court of the judiciary system in Malaysia. It is the second highest court in the hierarchy below the Federal Court. This court was created in 1994 as part of reforms made to the judiciary to create a second tier appellate court after the right to appeal to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom was abolished in 1985. The court is headed by the President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia, who is the second most senior post in Malaysian judiciary after the Chief Justice of Malaysia.

On 17 January 2023, Abang Iskandar was sworn in by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as the President of the Court of Appeal, succeeding Rohana Yusuf, the first woman to serve in this position, who had retired upon reaching the mandatory retirement age in November 2022.^[1]

Presidents of the Court of Appeal

Main article: President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia

President	Appointment date	Departure date
Abdul Malek Ahmad	2004	2007
Abdul Hamid Mohamad	2007	2007
Zaki Mohamed Azmi	2007	2008
Alauddin Mohd Sheriff	2008	2011
Mohamed Raus Sharif	2011	2017
Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin	2017	2018
Ahmad Maarop	2018	2019
Rohana Yusuf	2019	2022
Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim	2023	Incumbent

Current judges

This is the list of current judges^[2] of the Court of Appeal.

Prefix	Judge	Post	Date of appointment
Yang Amat Arif Tan Sri Datuk Amar	Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim	President of the Court	17 January 2023
Yang Arif Datuk	Yaacob Md Sam	Judge	21 March 2016
Yang Arif Datuk	Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil	Judge	21 March 2016
Yang Arif Dato'	Suraya Othman	Judge	23 September 2017
Yang Arif Datuk	Hanipah Farikullah	Judge	27 April 2018
Yang Arif Datuk Wira	Kamaludin Md Said	Judge	27 April 2018
Yang Arif Dato'	Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah	Judge	26 November 2018
Yang Arif Datuk	Nor Bee Ariffin	Judge	26 November 2018
Yang Arif Dato'	Has Zanah Mehat	Judge	26 November 2018
Yang Arif Dato'	Lee Swee Seng	Judge	8 August 2019
Yang Arif Datuk	Azizah Nawawi	Judge	8 August 2019
Yang Arif Datuk	Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera	Judge	8 August 2019
Yang Arif Datuk	Ravinthran a/l Paramaguru	Judge	8 August 2019
Yang Arif Dato'	Hadhariah Syed Ismail	Judge	5 December 2019
Yang Arif Dato'	Abu Bakar Jais	Judge	5 December 2019
Yang Arif Tuan	Nantha Balan a/l E.S. Moorthy	Judge	5 December 2019

See also

• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal

References

1. Yatim, Hafiz (17 January 2023). "Abang Iskandar appointed as COA president, Zabidin made CJ of Malaya, Abdul Rahman CJ of Sabah and Sarawak". The Edge Markets. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
2. "Hakim Mahkamah Rayuan" (in Malay). Judicial Appointment Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

External links

• The Malaysian Judiciary (Official site)