The National Resilience College was honoured to host Emeritus Prof. Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, Holder of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Chair at the University of Malaya, as an eminent speaker for a distinguished session on ”Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law in Malaysia: Safeguarding Democracy Amidst Contemporary Challenges”. A pre-eminent constitutional law scholar and public intellectual, Prof. Shad Saleem Faruqi is widely respected for his decades of scholarship, advisory roles, and thought leadership on Malaysia’s Federal Constitution, governance, and democratic institutions. The topic is critically important because judicial independence and the rule of law underpin democratic legitimacy, institutional trust, and national stability, particularly in an era marked by political contestation, legal reform, and evolving governance challenge