An outburst from jailed ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim over the Court of Appeal's delay in deciding his bail application had prompted the court to set Wednesday for its decision.

Unexpected by many, Justice Pajan Singh Gill - who sat with Court of Appeal judges Richard Malanjum and Hashim Yusoff - said the court will decide on the application in two days time when both Anwar and his team of lawyers refused to give in to the court's insistence for the matter to rest.

The court was initially scheduled to hear Anwar's application for the notes of proceeding to support his appeal against his sodomy conviction but instead they addressed the jailed politician's bail application.

Replying to lawyers Christopher Fernando and Karpal Singh's complaints over the delay, justice Pajan said that the court was not to be fully blamed as there were other contributing factors that led to the matter being held up.

"Not all the fault lies with the court. When the oral application was made for bail, the court had disposed it. Then came the written (bail) application. At the same time, the court had to deal with the judgment of the proper appeal," said Pajan.

When Izzah got married

"There were also other matters ... when his daughter (Nurul Izzah) got married, the bail application had to be postponed. Then there were other applications, and the matter arose again only last December."

Anwar, who was sitting in the dock, immediately stood up and said: "It has been six months, yet there is no decision. Twice you told us that you would decide as soon as possible. We need to know..."

Pajan: You have your counsel to represent you...

Anwar: I know I have counsel (representing me) but I need to say this. Yes, the last argument on my bail application was on Dec 8 but that was when we wanted to adduce further evidence to strengthen our application. But the main issues was the same and had never changed.

The Court of Appeal has been considering the bail application since argument ended on July 23 last year after a hearing which began last April.

Pajan then advised Karpal to instruct his client to allow the counsel to speak on his behalf as Anwar's action was bordering to contempt of court.

Upon hearing this, Anwar shouted: "Do not threaten me with contempt! It is you who is contemptuous of the law, the constitution and human dignity.

"Please show us some respect. Don't treat us like street fighters. You cannot use the December hearing as an excuse because substantive argument remained the same. It never changed! You know that and we know you know it too, and we expect you to act fairly on that," he continued.

Pajan: Let's have only one person addressing the court. If you want to speak, you should discharge your counsel.

Anwar: Are you threatening me to discharge my counsel?

Pajan refused to answer the question and told Karpal to proceed on another matter, but the lawyer insisted that the court address the bail application first, which prompted the judge to reply:"Alright, we will decide on Wednesday!".

Appellate court documents 'private'

After the heated exchanges, the three-member Court of Appeal panel decided to dismiss Anwar's application requesting the court to release its notes of proceeding to strengthen the jailed politician's case for the court to review its earlier decision rejecting his sodomy appeal.

Pajan, who has been recently promoted to the Federal Court, dismissed Anwar's arguments that the notes recorded by the judges are public documents.

"Court of Appeal judges' notes are not public documents. A distinction must be made between the judges' notes at the High Court, and the private and personal notes written by judges at the Appeals' Court," said Pajan.

He also said there is nothing in the law that compels the Court of Appeal to supply its notes to parties appearing before the court.

He then directed the lawyers to submit their arguments on the review application before the court tomorrow.

Anwar has completed four years in jail on the corruption charge and is seeking bail while awaiting the outcome of his appeal against the sodomy conviction.

He is also seeking to travel abroad for treatment for a slipped disc, which is said to be aggravated by a police assault when he was first arrested.