JUDGMENT
[1] The applicant Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Hj Abdul Razak was tried and convicted on seven charges in the High Court. He was sentenced to an aggregate concurrent term of imprisonment of twelve years and a fine of RM210 million, in default 5 years' imprisonment. His appeals to the Court of Appeal against his convictions and sentence were dismissed. He then appealed to this Court. His appeals to this Court were dismissed and his convictions and sentence affirmed. The applicant who was dissatisfied with the decisions of this Court filed an application under r 137 of the Rules of Federal Court 1995 to review four decisions of the Federal Court. The four decisions are as follows:
(i) the decision on 16 August 2022, dismissing the applicant's application to adduce additional evidence and the disqualification of Justice Mohd Nazlan, the trial Judge who convicted and sentenced the applicant in the SRC case;
(ii) the decision on 16 August 2022, refusing to grant an adjournment of the hearing of the main appeals requested by the applicant's Counsel;
(iii) the decision on 23 August 2022, dismissing the applicant's application to recuse the Chief Justice ('the CJ') from hearing the main appeal of the SRC case;
(iv) the decision on 23 August 2022, dismissing the applicant's main appeal of the SRC case.
[2] We have read the cause papers and written submissions and heard the oral submissions by both parties. Considering the law and the facts in the present case, our analysis and decision are as follows.
The Law
[3] Before we proceed to decide on the merits of the applicant's review application, it is instructive to recapitulate the law in a review application under r 137. Rule 137 states:
"For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that nothing in these Rules shall be deemed to limit or affect the inherent powers of the Court to hear any application or to make any order as may be necessary to prevent injustice or to prevent an abuse of the process of the Court."