Retired Federal Court judge Gopal Sri Ram said there are capable judges to take over the position of chief justice should Md Raus Sharif retire as the country's top judicial officer.

“We must not forget that we have extremely capable successors in Chief Judge of Malaya Ahmad Ma'arop, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Richard Malanjum and Federal Court judge Hasan Lah.

“If any of their terms will be brief, then the post can go to Federal Court judges Zainun Ali, Zaharah Ibrahim or Aziah Ali. If the government defies the constitutional and legal restraints and proceeds (to extend Justice Raus' tenure), then it will sow the wind but reap the whirlwind,” Sri Ram warned...