PUTRAJAYA (Jan 20): The Federal Court on Tuesday dismissed an application for leave to appeal by 50 retired Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) personnel seeking to overturn a ruling on pension adjustments. A three-man bench comprising Court of Appeal president Datuk Abu Bakar Jais and Federal Court judges Datuk Azimah Omar and Datuk Seri Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera made the ruling in a 2-1 majority decision. This prompted the retirees to seek leave to appeal in the Federal Court. The appellate court, in its ruling, held that the MAF retirees failed to prove that the respondents breached the provisions under the Federal Constitution. They claimed the government had failed to implement new pension adjustments for all MAF retirees who retired before Jan 1, 2013, causing a significant pension gap between the MAF retirees who retired before Jan 1, 2013 and those who retired after Jan 1, 2013.

Source: The Edge Markets January 20, 2026 07:54 UTC