The Court of Appeal today granted N Surendran a stay on his sedition charge hearing, pending his appeal to the appellate court strike out the charge.

The three-member bench led by Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat unanimously granted the stay application made by Surendran's counsel, Ambiga Sreenevasan and Latheefa Koya.

Besides Tengku Maimun, the other judges were Justices Zamani A Rahim and Zakaria Sam.