Kuala Lampur, Dec. 27 -- The High Court's decision on Monday (December 22) dismissing former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's attempt to serve the rest of his six-year jail term at home has drawn mixed reactions, for and against.

One of the main criticisms against the decision is the apparent disregard of the so-called long line of authorities of the apex courts that have consistently held that a decision in the exercise of the prerogative of mercy, which includes the decision-making process, is non-justiciable.

In short, immune from review by the courts.

Was the validity of the addendum order non-justiciable?

Najib's counsels argued that the internal deliberations of the Pardons Board were not open to judicial scrutiny. To do ...