KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 15 -- The Malaysian Bar has applied for judicial review, seeking to quash the appointment of Federal Court judge Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Salleh to the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC), arguing that it departs from established constitutional norms.

The statutory body, which represents about 24,000 lawyers in Peninsular Malaysia, contends that the appointment of Terrirudin, a former attorney-general who was only elevated to the Federal Court in November 2024, breaks the long-standing convention of assigning a senior apex court judge to the influential position.

In its application, the Bar is seeking a declaration that the prime minister's decision was unlawful, null, and void, and an order of certiorari to quash ...