Pensioners will appeal
Pensioner Aminah Ahmad (front row, right, wearing a green baju kurung) with her counsel Datuk Dr Baljit Singh Sidhu (front row, centre), former High Court judge Datuk Noor Azian Shaari (front row, left) and other pensioners and their lawyers. Govt succeeds in setting aside RM1.7 bil pension adjustment arrears payment order In PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia, the federal government has been successful in setting aside an order to pay out a RM1.7 billion pension adjustment arrears to more than 500,000 pensioners, as the Court of Appeal today, Monday 9 March 2026, allowed the Public Service Department (PSD) and the government’s appeal. Reported by The Edge Malaysia , Court of Appeal judge Datuk Azhahari Kamal Ramli said the High Court had erred in allowing applicant Aminah Ahmad’s judicial review filed in 2024, as the appellate court considered her review an abuse of the court process as it should have been raised by her in her 2017 originating summons (OS) which had been successful. Azhahari, wh...