Kuala Lampur, May 19 -- MAY 19 -- In "DKU is the appropriate body to decide on the appointment of an Undang" and "Lawyers may misuse legal history, but not Salleh Abas" I referred to the Federal Court case of Dato Menteri Othman bin Baginda & Anor v Dato Ombi Syed Alwi bin Syed Idrus [1981] 1 MLJ 29. In that case, five eminent judges of the apex court delivered five separate judgments.

Those were the days, as they say.

But hold on. There were not five but six eminent judges who delivered separate judgments, if one were to include the Federal Court Judge who sat as the High Court Judge.

The case originated in the High Court. Federal Court Judge Abdul Hamid (as he then was) who sat as a High Court Judge dismissed the contention that the ...