The decision was made unanimously by a seven-member panel of the court.
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This comes after a seven-member panel of the court decided this afternoon not to allow the respondents' application to set aside its leave order to initiate the proceedings. President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Rohana Yusuf delivered the decision, which she said was made unanimously by the panel members.
According to the judgement, the panel of judges found that the Attorney-General Idrus Harun had established prima facie to initiate the contempt proceedings againstRohana said the issue raised by counsel Malik Imtiaz Sarwar over the proceedings being initiated at the highest court had also been deliberated.
"Looking at nature of the comments which implicate the judiciary as a whole, we are of the view this is the right court to commence the proceedings," she said.The hearing is set to commence at the Federal Court at 9.30am on July 13.
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