Superior Court And Subordinate Court In Malaysia
Outside the court hierarchy are the syariah courts penghulu s courts and the native courts.
Superior court and subordinate court in malaysia. The high courts high court of malaya for the states of peninsular malaysia high court of borneo for sabah sarawak each high courts is headed by a chief justice it hears matters which cannot be determined in the subordinate courts. The magistrates court the court for children and the sessions court are subordinate courts. The federal court consists of a president styled as the chief justice formerly called the lord president the president of the court of appeal the two chief judges of the high courts in malaya and sabah and sarawak and presently six federal. The juvenile court.
It also hears appeals of criminal decisions of the high court. The high court court of appeal and the federal court are superior courts. The current chief justice of the federal court effective 2 may 2019 is yang amat arif tun tengku maimun tuan mat the president of the court of appeal is dato rohana yusuf and the chief judge of malaya is tan sri dato sri. The subordinate courts in malaysian legal system hierarchy the subordinate courts comprises the sessions courts the penghulu s courts in western part of malaysia and the magistrates court.
Penghulu s court the penghulu s courts hear civil issues in which the claim is below rm50 00 and where the offenders are of asian race and speaks and understands the malay language. There are 2 high courts in malaysia which have revisionary and general supervisory jurisdiction over the subordinate courts. The federal court of malaysia in the highest court of the land. Its decision binds all the courts below.