The Judges Ethics Committee and its chairperson have filed an application to strike out a lawsuit against them by Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer.

The striking-out application was filed by a federal counsel at the High Court Registry in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Hamid Sultan filed the originating summons to challenge the committee’s investigation into his affidavit on alleged abuses and fraud in the judiciary at the High Court Registry in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 9...