Kuala Lampur, Nov. 18 -- In the much-talked-about case of Sabah Law Society v The Government of the Federation of Malaysia and the State Government of Sabah, the Kota Kinabalu High Court granted the application for judicial review filed by Sabah Law Society (SLS) under Order 53 of the Rules of Court 2012.

SLS is established under the Sabah Advocates Ordinance (Sabah Cap. 2). SLS's standing to apply for a judicial review in the case was affirmed by the Federal Court which held that SLS has threshold locus standi to do so (Attorney General of Malaysia v Sabah Law Society).

By a Federal Government Gazette publication P.U.(A) 119/2022 dated April 20, 2022, the Federal Government published the Order "The Federal Constitution [Review of Speci...