1. TAN SRI MUSA BIN HAJI AMAN 2. DATUK JAHID @ NOORDIN BIN JAHIM v 1. TUN DATUK SERI PANGLIMA HAJI JUHAR HAJI MAHIRUDDIN 2. DATUK SERI SHAFIE BIN HAJI APDAL 1. DATUK SERI SHAFIE BIN HAJI APDAL 2. DATUK SERI PANGLIMA HAJI SYED ABAS BIN SYED ALI 3. DATUK BERNARD J. DALINTING

08f-497-12-2019s Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 25 August 2020 • 08(f)-497-12/2019(S)

Catchwords

Election Law - Sabah State Constitution - Art. 7 (1), 10(2) & (4) - whether the Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah is conferred with the discretion to determine whether a validly appointed Chief Minister ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the Legislative Assembly or to dismiss the validly appointed Chief Minister - whether in the absence of a concession or a request for dissolution, a vote of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly is nonetheless required as in Stephen Kalong Ningkan v Tun Abang Haji Openg & Tawi Sli [1966] 1 LNS 186 before treating the Chief Minister as having resigned under Sabah Constitution - whether a vote of confidence as opposed to a vote of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly for the purported new Chief Minister is constitutional pursuant to Article 6(3) of the Sabah Constitution

Practice Areas

Constitutional Law

Judges (3)

Abdul Rahman bin Sebli Coram Mohd Zawawi bin Salleh Delivered Zabariah binti Mohd Yusof Coram

Parties (6)

DATUK SERI PANGLIMA HAJI SYED ABAS BIN SYED ALI Respondent TUN DATUK SERI PANGLIMA HAJI JUHAR HAJI MAHIRUDDIN Respondent Datuk Bernard J. Dalinting Respondent Datuk Jahid @ Noordin bin Jahim Applicant Datuk Seri Shafie bin Haji Apdal Respondent Tan Sri Musa bin Haji Aman Applicant

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