Article: Case reviews possible with report


New Straits Times
05-18-2008
Case reviews possible with report
Edition: New Sunday Times
Section: Main Section

KUALA LUMPUR: The report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video clip could be used as a springboard for aggrieved parties who may have been victimised in cases to apply for a review of decision, says former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Karam Chand Vohrah.

"An application for the Federal Court to review its own decision is rarely given, but it might be given if the review is based on grounds of the decision being obtained by corrupt practice," Vohrah said.
Under the present system, he said, there was a provision for the Federal Court to review its own decision.

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