The Malaysian Bar is seeking a nine to 11-member bench comprising retired Federal Court judges to hear its challenge against the appointments of Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif and Court of Appeal president Justice Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin beyond the mandatory constitutional retirement age of 66 years and six months.

The hearing of this application has been fixed for March 2 before the Federal Court.

Lawyers Steven Thiru and Farez Jinnah appeared for the Bar during case management this morning, while the Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS), which had filed a similar challenge, was represented by its president Ranbir Singh Sangha...