The Attorney General (AG) does not have an automatic right of appeal to the Court in the Hougang by-election case, lawyer M Ravi told Justice Andrew Phang at the Court of Appeal (CA) on Thursday.
Thursday’s hearing was convened to hear the AG’s appeal against High Court Judge Philip Pillai’s decision last Tuesday to grant leave for the application of Hougang resident Vellama Marie Muthu, whom Ravi is representing, to be heard. Full story