Pakatan Harapan today obtained leave from the High Court in Kuala Lumpur in its suit against the Registrar of Societies (ROS) to compel ROS to register it as a formal coalition ahead of the 14th general election.

The court gave the permission after senior federal counsel Susana Atan from the Attorney-General's Chambers raised a preliminary objection.

Harapan's lead counsel Gobind Singh Deo, who is also DAP deputy chairperson, said leave was granted by Justice Azizah Nawawi on two of the applications sought...