Constitutional Law

7 cases · February 2025 to February 2026

Key Issues & Sub-Topics

Equal protection of the law 2
Equality before the law 2
Fundamental liberties — Right to life and personal liberty 2
Constitution — Interpretation 1
Natural Justice — Principles of natural justice 1
Fundamental Liberties — Right to life and personal liberty 1
Equal protection of the law — Whether s 106A of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68, 2012 Rev Ed) infringed Article 12 of the Constitution 1
Fundamental liberties — Right to life and personal liberty — Whether s 106A of the Criminal Procedure Code Cap (Cap 68, 2012 Rev Ed) infringed Article 9 of the Constitution 1
Judicial review — Exhaustion of remedies 1
Judicial review — Whether the Official Assignee’s actions are susceptible to judicial review 1
Fundamental liberties — Equality before the law 1

Court Distribution

SGHC 8 SGCA 6

Key Statutes

Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap 322)
5 cases
Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 68)
5 cases
Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185)
4 cases
Applications in Capital Cases Act
3 cases
Penal Code (Cap 224)
2 cases
Legal Profession Act (Cap 161)
2 cases
Civil Law Act (Cap 43)
1 case
Prisons Act
1 case
Government Proceedings Act (Cap 121)
1 case
Rev Ed) and the Misuse of Drugs Act (Cap 185)
1 case
The requirement that the Prosecution has to prove its case against an accused beyond reasonable doubt is firmly embedded and entrenched in the Evidence Act (Cap 97)
1 case
Drugs Act
1 case
Evidence Act (Cap 97)
1 case
Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act (Cap 65A)
1 case
Criminal Justice Reform Act
1 case

Key People & Firms

Top Judges

Woo Bih Li 3 Judith Prakash 2 Sundaresh Menon 2 Belinda Ang Saw Ean 2 See Kee Oon 2

Top Firms

Attorney-General's Chambers 6 Eugene Thuraisingam LLP 2 Colin Seow Chambers LLC 1 Chooi Jing Yen LLC 1 Too Xing Ji LLC 1

Top Lawyers

Eugene Singarajah Thuraisingam 2 Suang Wijaya 2 Ng Yuan Siang 2 Hay Hung Chun 2 Chng Luey Chi 2

Cases

[2026] SGCA 4
Lingkesvaran Rajendaren v The Attorney-General
10 February 2026
SGCA
[2025] SGHC 253
HOWE WEN KHONG ROCKY & 6 Ors v ATTORNEY-GENERAL CHAMBERS
16 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 237
GOH SENG HENG v OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE & Anor
1 December 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGHC 192
KATCHU MOHIDEEN BAZEER AHAMED v PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
26 September 2025
SGHC
[2025] SGCA 43
PANNIR SELVAM PRANTHAMAN v ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF SINGAPORE
5 September 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGCA 40
JUMAAT BIN MOHAMED SAYED & 3 Ors v ATTORNEY-GENERAL
28 August 2025
SGCA
[2025] SGHC 20
MASOUD RAHIMI BIN MEHRZAD & 30 Ors v ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF SINGAPORE
5 February 2025
SGHC