SIVACHANDRAN A/L S JAYARAJAH v Pendakwa Raya
05rj-6-11-2024c Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) 21 April 2026 • 05(RJ)-6-11/2024(C) • 38 min read
11 cases cited
(0 SG, 11 foreign)
Catchwords
Review jurisdiction - Rule 137 of the Rules of the Federal Court 1995 -Inherent powers of Federal Court – All sentences passed to be in accordance with the law – Avoiding miscarriage of justice - Exceptional circumstances - Fresh evidence of prisoner’s death following whipping. Constitutional Law - Federal Constitution - Articles 5(1), 8(1) and 8(2) Fundamental liberties - Life and personal liberty - Human dignity - Equal protection of the law - Whether it is in violation of medical ethics for medical officer to be participate in the execution of whipping. Judicial whipping - Corporal punishment - Whether judicial whipping amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment (“CIDT”) - Whether punishment of whipping is inconsistent with constitutional protection of life, dignity and bodily integrity. Whether whipping is disproportionate and therefore contrary to Article 8(1) - Whether exemption of women from whipping constitutes prohibited discrimination on ground only of gender is contrary to Art 8(2) - Intelligible differentia. Whether whipping is against Art. 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“UDHR”) and the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration in its prohibitions against CIDT - Whether whipping is against customary international law.
Practice Areas
Judges (3)
Counsel (12)
Attorney General's Chambers Firm Collin's Law Chambers Firm Raj & Sach Firm SP Chanra Firm Afzainizam bin Abdul Aziz Counsel Respondent Ambbi Balakrishnan Counsel Applicant Athimulan a/l Muruthiah Counsel Intervener Chanravathane a/p S. Ponnudurai Counsel Intervener Collin Arvind Andrew Counsel Intervener Harsimranpreet Kaur Counsel Applicant Mohd. Fuad bin Abdul Aziz Counsel Respondent Rajesh Nagarajan Counsel Applicant
Statutes Cited
Civil Law Act 1956
s 3(1)
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)
Federal Constitution
Art 4(1)
Penal Code (Cap 574)
Cases Cited (11)
MY (10)
[1976] 2 MLJ 112 [2002] 3 MLJ 129 [2008] 6 CLJ 1 [2009] 5 MLJ 301 [2011] 6 MLJ 297 [2015] 6 MLJ 47 [2017] 1 CLJ 489 [2019] 2 CLJ 145 [2020] 5 MLJ 277 [2024] 1 MLJ 225
IN (1)
AIR 1952 SC 123
Judgment
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