PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): The National Registration Department (NRD) and two other parties were unable to reach an out-of-court settlement in the case of a Muslim child born out of wedlock whose parents sought to change his surname.
Lawyer Nizam Bashir representing the Muslim couple and the child whose names were being withheld by the court said there was a negotiation for settlement but they were informed by senior federal counsel Mazlifah Ayob representing the government that the settlement was unsuccessful.Following this, the appeal by the NRD, its director-general and the government, will proceed as scheduled on Aug 16 before a Federal Court seven-member bench.
The appeal was then set for rehearing before a seven-member bench led by the then Chief Justice Tan Sri Richard Malanjum on Oct 18 last year after Justice Raus resigned and Justice Hasan Lah retired. However, they deferred their decision after the government requested for an adjournment to seek other solutions than through the court to resolve the dispute.
On May 25, 2017, a Court of Appeal three-man panel ruled in favour of the couple and their child who filed a judicial review to compel the NRD director-general to replace the child's surname"Abdullah" with the name of the child's father in the birth certificate.
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