PROFESSOR DATO DR MOHD FAUZI RAMLAN vs UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA & ORS

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COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
PROFESSOR DATO DR MOHD FAUZI RAMLAN – Appellant
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UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA & ORS – Respondent

Petitioner Advocates:Gunaseelan Tambinathan,John Skelchy,Shirlena Yogeswaran,R Kumaradevan ,Respondent Advocate: Kok Su Ann,Isabella Cheah Chooi Mun,Nur Liyana Nor Azman

Table of Content
1. disciplinary background and allegations (Para 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 10 , 11)
2. procedural requirements under the act (Para 7 , 9 , 15 , 20)
3. appellant's allegations against the proceedings (Para 12 , 21 , 22 , 24 , 25)
4. natural justice and right to fair hearing (Para 30 , 32 , 35 , 36 , 53)
5. outcome of judicial review and orders (Para 108)

S Nantha Balan JCA:

[1] This appeal emanates from disciplinary proceedings which were instituted by the 1st Respondent ("R1") / Universiti Putra Malaysia ("UPM") against Professor Dato' Dr Mohd Fauzi Bin Ramlan ("the Appellant") (a former Vice-Chancellor of UPM). The disciplinary proceedings against the Appellant were regulated by the provisions of the Statutory Bodies (Discipline and Surcharge) Act 2000 (Act 605) ("the Act"). The 2nd Respondent is UPM's Disciplinary Appeal Committee ("DAC") and is a creature of the Act. In this judgment, the 1st Respondent shall interchangeably be referred to as "R1" or "UPM". The present appeal is against the decision of the Learned Judge of the High Court at Kuala Lumpur, dated 11 June 2021, dismissing the Appellant's application for Judicial Review to quash the decision of the DAC, dated 2

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COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYAPROFESSOR DATO DR MOHD FAUZI RAMLAN – AppellantVersusUNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA & ORS – Respondent

Cases Referred (2)

COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
PROFESSOR DATO DR MOHD FAUZI RAMLAN – Appellant
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UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA & ORS – Respondent