It was unfortunate for ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim to have appeared before High Court judge S Augustine Paul who denied his bail application, a decision which is inconsistent to the regular procedure of bail applications.

Senior lawyer Manjeet Singh Dhillon said that it was a tremendous misfortune that Anwar had appeared before Paul who has been known to have made many inconsistent decisions and rulings when handling different cases.

"It was just unlucky for him to appeal before Justice Paul. That's all. It's just bad luck," he said when responding to a question by another senior lawyer Raja Aziz Addruse .

Raja Aziz had posed a question relating to Paul's decision in granting bail to criminal accused to the panelist who spoke on "Recent Cases In the Criminal Justice System: Is Consistency a Virtue" at the Bar Council's colloquium yesterday.

The colloquium entitled "Current Judicial Trends and the Rule of Justice" was organised by the council following the massive dissatisfaction against the recent controversial decisions including the Federal Court ruling dismissing Anwar's appeal against his corruption conviction.