The National Registration Department (NRD) has yet to file an application for stay on the Court of Appeal's landmark decision to allow a seven-year-old child conceived out of wedlock to bear the father's surname.

Lawyer Nizam Bashir, who represents the family of the child, also said the NRD should be more diplomatic in their approach in handling such matters.

“There is no stay application by the NRD in light of the May 25 decision and the written judgment is out. They have applied an application for leave to appeal to the Federal Court," he told Malaysiakini.

Nizam was commenting on the statement by NRD director-general Mohd Yazid Ramli today that the procedure to name a child born out of wedlock will remain the same despite the appellate court's decision.

Yazid said this was due to their application to take the matter to the Federal Court...