Abu Bakar bin Jais
About FCJ Abu Bakar bin Jais
Abu Bakar bin Jais has 44 reported Malaysia decisions (2020–2026). These were decided across MYFC (43) and MYCOA (1). By subject matter, the largest shares are Criminal Law (14), Administrative Law (11) and Constitutional Law (10). Of these, 9 as the delivering judge and 35 sitting on the coram.
On the judicial record
A Federal Court judge whose reported corpus settles foundational questions across constitutional law, administrative review, arbitration, banking confidentiality and criminal appeals.
Justice Abu Bakar bin Jais sits in the Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan), Malaysia's apex court, and the reported decisions in this corpus resolve constitutional, administrative, commercial and criminal questions of general importance. Constitutional and separation-of-powers questions feature, including whether the treatment of certain matters as 'prima facie evidence' under section 61A abrogated the judicial power, and the reviewability of a decision of the Pardons Board following a royal pardon under Article 42 of the Federal Constitution in the review of a death sentence.
Administrative law recurs, including judicial review of a decision of the Director-General of Inland Revenue and whether the availability of a domestic remedy barred the review, a challenge to the validity of a fatwa issued by a State Islamic religious authority, and the extent of the legal immunity conferred on the Asian International Arbitration Centre as an international organisation in Malaysia.
Commercial and criminal questions round out a wide docket. Arbitration appears through the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award registered in the seat court, argued by reference to the New York Convention and the UNCITRAL Model Law; banking through a bank's duty of confidentiality and its statutory duty under section 97(1) of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act, and whether the bank is liable for disclosure by rogue employees; the enforcement of a foreign arbitral award registered in the seat court, also engaging the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1958; and the archaic character of section 498 of the Penal Code. A death-sentence review after a royal pardon raises whether a decision of the Pardons Board may be challenged, and an administrative appeal concerns whether a taxpayer must exhaust a domestic remedy before seeking judicial review. The decisions reflect an apex-court judge settling foundational points across several fields for the guidance of the courts below, where each ruling fixes the governing rule for the legal system rather than merely disposing of the parties' immediate dispute.
How many cases has Abu Bakar bin Jais decided?
Abu Bakar bin Jais has 44 reported Malaysia decisions (2020–2026), 9 of them as the delivering judge.
Which courts does Abu Bakar bin Jais sit in?
Abu Bakar bin Jais sits in MYFC (43) and MYCOA (1).
What questions does Justice Abu Bakar bin Jais's corpus address?
Federal Court questions of general importance — the judicial power and 'prima facie evidence', the reviewability of a Pardons Board decision under Article 42, tax and fatwa judicial review, the immunity of an international arbitration organisation, foreign-award enforcement, and banking confidentiality.
What banking question appears in the corpus?
A bank's duty of confidentiality and its statutory duty under section 97(1) of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act, and whether the bank is liable for the disclosure of customer information by rogue employees.