>>>ISU ALLAH : Federal Court to decide on June 23 on leave to appeal ‘Allah’ ban KUALA LUMPUR: The Catholic Church will know on June 23 whether leave will be granted by the Federal Court to challenge the Home Minister’s right to ban the use of the word ‘Allah’ in the HERALD. Lawyer S. Selvarajah said he received a letter on May 27 from the Federal Court registry notifying the Church of the date of hearing. On March 5, a seven-man bench reserved judgment on the Church’s leave application to appeal against the ruling by the Court of Appeal which had upheld the home minister’s ban on the use of the word ‘Allah’ in the HERALD. Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria had adjourned ruling after hearing the parties to the application. Sitting with Arifin were Tan Sri Raus Sharif, Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar, Datuk Zainun Ali and Datuk Jeffrey Tan Kok Hwa. The Church had submitted 26 questions on the constitution, administrative law as well as the power of the court to allow the home minister to ban the use of a theological word. These questions were part of the application filed by lawyers for the Church seeking leave to appear before the Federal Court to challenge the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the ‘Allah’ issue. Lawyer Datuk Dr Cyrus Das, who appeared for the Church, said the apex court should hear the merits of the case because the Court of Appeal had reversed the findings of a High Court on key constitutional and administrative law issues. -- The Malaysian Insider
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 01:15:59 +0000
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