Court to hear over Pakatan Harapan's application to RoS on April 5

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has fixed April 5 for a judicial review hearing for Pakatan Harapan to obtain a court order to compel the Registrar of Societies Malaysia (RoS) to respond to an application to have Pakatan Harapan registered.
High Court judge Datuk Azizah Nawawi fixed the date in chambers in the presence of lawyer Michelle Ng, representing Pakatan Harapan, and senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan, who acted for the RoS.
Ng told reporters outside the courtroom that the date was also the last day of the Parliament session.
On March 1, Pakatan Harapan obtained leave to initiate a judicial review against RoS.
In the application, Pakatan Harapan named Pakatan Harapan Protem Committee secretary Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah; DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng; PKR secretary-general Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail; Parti Amanah Negara deputy secretary-general Abang Ahmad Kerdee Abang Masagus; and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) secretary-general Datuk Dr Shahruddin Md Salleh as the applicants, and RoS as the sole respondent.
All the applicants demanded a declaration that the RoS move not to register Pakatan Harapan and reply to a letter dated Feb 6, 2018, ran contrary to its statutory obligation.
They also demanded a declaration that the action by the RoS was unreasonable, mala fide, besides demanding a writ of mandamus to compel the RoS to register Pakatan Harapan under the Societies Act 1966.