The Federal Court here on Monday set Jan 21, next year to hear the Catholic Church's application to review the Federal Court decision which denied the church leave to appeal over the Home Minister's ban on the use of the word "Allah" in its weekly publication, Herald.
Federal Court deputy Registrar Nor Aziati Jaafar fixed the date during a case management of the matter in chambers today.
Senior federal counsel Andi Razalijaya A. Dadi, representing the Home Ministry and the government, said the court had instructed all the respondents (the Home Ministry and interveners comprising six state religious councils and the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association [MCMA]) to file their respective affidavit-in-reply to the church's review application by Dec 8, this year.
He also said the applicant, being the church, and the respondents were also required to file their written submissions by Jan 7, next year.
Lawyer James Lopez appeared for the church while lawyer Tajuddin Razak represented the MCMA and he also mentioned on behalf of the lawyers for the Terengganu state Islamic religious council.
Lawyer Mohd Fasha Mustafa appeared for the Federal Territory Islamic religious council and the Selangor state Islamic council and had also mentioned on behalf of the lawyer for the Melaka and Johor state councils.
On Sept 19, this year, the Catholic Church filed a review application against the June 23, 2014 majority judgment of the seven-member Federal Court in dismissing the church's application for leave to proceed its appeal to the Federal Court.
The application was based on three broad grounds including certain legal issues which were central to the leave application relating to the scope of Article 3 and Article 11 of the Federal Constitution.
The church had sought leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision delivered on Oct 14, last year which allowed the government's appeal to overturn the 2009 High Court's decision that Herald could use the word "Allah".
On Dec 31, 2009, the High Court declared that the decision by the Home Ministry in banning the Herald from using the word Allah was illegal, null and void.
The Roman Catholic church, which was then led by Kuala Lumpur Archdiocese Archbishop Emeritus Murphy Pakiam, had filed a judicial review application in 2009 naming the Home Ministry and the government as respondents, seeking, among others, a declaration that the ministry's decision to prohibit the use of the word Allah in the Herald publication was illegal.
Federal Court deputy Registrar Nor Aziati Jaafar fixed the date during a case management of the matter in chambers today.
Senior federal counsel Andi Razalijaya A. Dadi, representing the Home Ministry and the government, said the court had instructed all the respondents (the Home Ministry and interveners comprising six state religious councils and the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association [MCMA]) to file their respective affidavit-in-reply to the church's review application by Dec 8, this year.
He also said the applicant, being the church, and the respondents were also required to file their written submissions by Jan 7, next year.
Lawyer James Lopez appeared for the church while lawyer Tajuddin Razak represented the MCMA and he also mentioned on behalf of the lawyers for the Terengganu state Islamic religious council.
Lawyer Mohd Fasha Mustafa appeared for the Federal Territory Islamic religious council and the Selangor state Islamic council and had also mentioned on behalf of the lawyer for the Melaka and Johor state councils.
On Sept 19, this year, the Catholic Church filed a review application against the June 23, 2014 majority judgment of the seven-member Federal Court in dismissing the church's application for leave to proceed its appeal to the Federal Court.
The application was based on three broad grounds including certain legal issues which were central to the leave application relating to the scope of Article 3 and Article 11 of the Federal Constitution.
The church had sought leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision delivered on Oct 14, last year which allowed the government's appeal to overturn the 2009 High Court's decision that Herald could use the word "Allah".
On Dec 31, 2009, the High Court declared that the decision by the Home Ministry in banning the Herald from using the word Allah was illegal, null and void.
The Roman Catholic church, which was then led by Kuala Lumpur Archdiocese Archbishop Emeritus Murphy Pakiam, had filed a judicial review application in 2009 naming the Home Ministry and the government as respondents, seeking, among others, a declaration that the ministry's decision to prohibit the use of the word Allah in the Herald publication was illegal.
