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2010 MarsdenLR 2718

FEDERAL COURT PUTRAJAYA
DATO SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM – Appellant
Versus
PP – Respondent


Petitioner Advocates:Karpal Singh,Param Cumaraswamy,SN Nair,Marisa Regina ,Respondent Advocate: Mohd Yusof Hj Zainal Abiden,Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria,Nordin Hassan,Wong Chiang Kiat,Noorin Badaruddin,Farah Azlina Latif

Table of Content
1. application dismissed with costs. (Para 1 , 12)
2. limitations of r 137 and inherent jurisdiction discussed. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 10 , 11)
3. background of the applicant's case laid out. (Para 13 , 14 , 19 , 20)
4. arguments made for the necessity of reviewing jurisdiction. (Para 29 , 30 , 34 , 35)
5. the federal court's limited power to review its own judgments. (Para 44 , 45 , 46)
Zulkefli Makinudin FCJ:

[1] I have read the judgment in draft of my learned sister, Heliliah bt Mohd Yusof, FCJ and I agree with the conclusion reached by her Ladyship that the applicant has failed to meet the requirements of r 137 of the Rules of the Federal 1995 ("rule 137") and consequentially the applicants application has been dismissed with costs. I would like to state my views in dismissing the applicants application with particular reference to the scope and purpose of r 137 as follows:

[2] I am of the view r 137 cannot be construed as conferring upon the Federal Court the statutory jurisdiction or the new jurisdiction to hear any application to review its own decision. However, under r 137 the Federal still has the limited "inherent power" or "inherent jurisdiction" in order

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