Federal Court refuses SPAN’s ex-legal director leave to appeal dismissal
A former senior legal director of the National Water Services Commission (SPAN) has failed to obtain leave from the Federal Court to pursue an appeal over her dismissal for misconduct.
A three-member bench chaired by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Azizah Nawawi dismissed Hayatunnisah Sulaiman’s application for leave to appeal, ruling that the five legal questions she posed were not novel or of public importance.
Azizah said the application had failed to cross the threshold for leave to be granted, as set out in Section 96 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964.
Sitting with Azizah were Justices Zabariah Yusof and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera.
On Feb 26, the Court of Appeal unanimously affirmed the decision of SPAN’s disciplinary board to sack Hayatunnisah.
Delivering the ruling, Justice Azizul Azmi Adnan said Hayatunnisah’s…
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