Bar Council: Court should have granted leave

PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court should have granted leave to Catholic weekly Herald to hear its appeal in the ongoing dispute with the Home Ministry to use the word “Allah”, the Bar Council said.

In a statement yesterday to The Star, Malaysian Bar vice-president Steven Thiru said the questions posed by Herald met the requirements laid down under Section 96(b) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964, which allows an appeal to the Federal Court if it was “on the effect of any provision of the Federal Constitution”.