PUTRAJAYA: The Apex Court here has granted an application by the National Registration Department (NRD) and two others to stay a Court of Appeal ruling that a Muslim child conceived out of wedlock can use his or her father's surname instead of “bin Abdullah.”
Chief Justice Raus Sharif, who chaired a three-man panel of the Federal Court on Monday, allowed the application by Senior Federal Counsel Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh who acted for the NRD, its director-general, and the Government.
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