PUTRAJAYA: The Government's appeal against the landmark decision declaring Section 15(5)(a) of the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) 1971 unconstitutional has been struck out.
Chief Judge of Malaya Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, who led the Federal Court's five-men panel, unanimously dismissed the appeal without hearing its merits, saying that it was academic as the section had been repealed and would not affect any of the respondents.
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