Mohammad Sallehuddin Bin Md Ali

On the court record

An appellate constitutional and administrative-law practice focused on the jurisdictional boundary between the civil and Syariah courts.

Mohammad Sallehuddin Bin Md Ali appears in the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan), and the reported decisions describe a public-law practice acting largely for appellants. Judicial review is prominent, and a recurring and significant subject is the jurisdiction of the Syariah High Court and its boundary with the civil courts — a constitutional question about the allocation of judicial power where the civil and Syariah jurisdictions intersect.

The reported work engages constitutional law more broadly, including the interpretation of statutory provisions against the framework of the Federal Constitution, together with industrial-relations and dismissal matters and specific provisions such as "section 19B" of the relevant enactment. Appearing largely as appellant, but also as respondent, the practice is instructed in matters of constitutional and administrative principle, in which the argument turns on jurisdiction, the interpretation of the Constitution, and the lawfulness of official and employment decisions rather than on primary fact-finding.

The work turns on questions of constitutional interpretation and jurisdiction. In the Syariah-jurisdiction matters the argument concerns the constitutional division of judicial power between the civil and Syariah courts; in the constitutional matters the validity and construction of a statutory provision; and in the dismissal and industrial matters whether the decision was lawfully made and within power. A reported line of matters records the Court of Appeal reversing a High Court decision, reflecting the appellate court's review of a first-instance public-law ruling.

The overall profile is a constitutional and administrative-law practice conducted at the appellate level in the Court of Appeal, with a distinctive focus on the jurisdictional boundary between the civil and Syariah courts. The matters turn on the constitutional allocation of judicial power, the interpretation of statute against the Constitution, and the review of administrative and employment decisions, rather than on any commercial-only or criminal dimension, marking a public-law practice.