PUTRAJAYA: An application by 20 couples and a single mother to become parties to an appeal case pertaining to the naming of Muslim children conceived out of wedlock was dismissed by the Federal Court yesterday.
However, Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif, who chaired a five-man panel, ruled that Azhar Azizan Harun, lawyer for the 41 parents, could apply to appear as amicus curiae (friend of the court) at the Feb 7 hearing.
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