Khairuddin's notice of appeal incompetent, reinstatement suit struck out

Former Jasin parliamentary constituency coordinator Khairuddin Abu Hassan's appeal to reinstate his legal action over Muhyiddin Yassin's decision to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the emergency proclamation to contain the Covid-19 pandemic was struck out by the Court of Appeal today.

This followed its ruling today that Khairuddin's appeal was incompetent as he failed to serve a notice of appeal to the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) within the time period of 30 days from the High Court’s order as specified in Rule 6 read with Rule 12 of the Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994.

The three-member panel led by...