The Federal Court of Malaysia is the country's highest court and final court of appeal, headed by the Chief Justice as head of the Malaysian judiciary and hearing cases appealed from the nation's lower courts. Established in 1957 at Malayan independence, it was known first as the Supreme Court of the Federation of Malaya and later the Supreme Court of Malaysia before taking its present name in 1994, and it now sits in the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
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The court was established during Malaya's independence in 1957 and received its current name in 1994.
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It is housed in the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya.
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the highest court and the final appellate court in Malaysia.
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The Federal Court of Malaysia (Malay: Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia; Jawi: محكمه ڤرسكوتوان مليسيا) is the highest court and the final appellate court in Malaysia.
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Wikidata Q5440171, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim (Wikipedia)
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Mohamed Suffian bin Mohamed Hashim (12 November 1917-26 September 2000) was a Malaysian barrister, eventually serving as Lord President of the Federal Court from 1974 to 1982.
Zaki Azmi (Wikipedia)
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Zaki, who was previously a practising lawyer, was directly appointed a Federal Court judge on 5 September 2007-a first in Malaysian judicial history.
Rohana Yusuf (Wikipedia)
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was appointed as a judge of the Federal Court of Malaysia
Siti Norma Yaakob (Wikipedia)
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She was the first Malaysian woman to become a High Court judge (1983), a Court of Appeal judge (1994), a Federal Court judge (2001), and finally the Chief Judge of Malaya (2005), a position that Siti Norma held until her retirement two years later.
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