Lawyers association calls for special council to resolve syariah-civil law overlap

A special body or council needs to be formed involving the syariah and civil courts to resolve the issue of syariah-civil law overlap in this country, says Muslim Lawyers Association of Malaysia president (PPMM), Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar.

He said the body, for example, could be called the Constitutional Court with the objective of its establishment to resolve the dual legal system practised in Malaysia...