Yahoo! News Singapore, 30 Mar 2012Does the Prime Minister have the option whether to call a by-election, and does he also have the discretion to decide when to call one? These two questions were put before Justice Philip Pillai at the High Court on Friday, 30 March.
The hearing, which lasted three hours, was held in chambers.
Vellama Marie Muthu, a resident of Hougang Single-Member Constituency (SMC), had filed an application with the courts on 2 March seeking a hearing to be heard in the courts. Full story
