Govt wins appeal, Herald banned from using word 'Allah' over public safety

The Herald editor Father Lawrence Andrew outside the courtoom after the ruling was made

The panel, chaired by Justice Mohamed Apandi Ali, overturned a High Court decision and unanimously ruled Monday in favour of the Government's appeal, saying that the minister had not acted in any way that required a judicial review.

The court also found that there had been sufficient material considered by the minister in taking action under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984.