Ministers should not be barred from answering questions in Parliament on the United States Department of Justice's (DOJ) civil suit involving the alleged misappropriation of 1MDB funds for the reason of sub judice.

This is what a former Court of Appeal judge said after Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia's ruling in Dewan Rakyat yesterday.

Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, who retired in September last year, said the question of sub judice does not arise at all.