The Judges’ Ethics Committee’s probe against Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer is set to proceed.

This follows the ruling by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur today ruling against two of the senior judge’s legal actions against the committee.

The first is the High Court allowing the committee’s application to strike out Hamid Sultan's originating summons challenging the committee’s probe, which was allegedly into the affidavit as well as a decision he made in a Court of Appeal case.

The second is the High Court allowing the committee’s application...