MIC Central Working Committee member takes ROS to court

A Central Working Committee (CWC) member of the MIC on Monday filed a judicial review in court, seeking the Registrar of Societies (ROS) and its director-general Mohammad Razin Abdullah, to retract directives sent to the MIC.

Ramalingam who is also the MIC Strategic Director filed the ex-parte application for the court to set aside directives from the RoS to ask the MIC to conduct fresh election for three vice presidents and 23 CWC positions.

The judicial review was filed at the High Court here through Messrs Selvam Shanmugam & Partners.

In the suit, Ramalingam named the RoS and Mohammad Razin as respondents and sought a review of the RoS' action through four directives dated Dec 5, 2014, Dec 31, 2014, Jan 6, 2015 and Feb 6.

Ramalingam claimed the directives sent by the respondent should be deemed mala-fide and ultra vires.

On Jan 3, MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel in a surprise move named Ramalingam as the new Strategic Director of MIC replacing Datuk Seri Vell Paari.

The MIC internal crisis started following its election of three vice-presidents and 23 central working committee members in 2013 during the party's Annual General Meeting.

The election, after allegations of malpractice, was declared null and void by the RoS via a directive on Dec 5, 2014.