The High Court in Kuala Lumpur will hear on May 31 an application by Parti Pejuang Tanahair (Pejuang) to challenge the action of the home minister and the Registrar of Societies (ROS) for having yet to decide on its appeal to register the party.

Judge Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid, who set the date during case management today in the presence of counsel Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali, representing Pejuang, and senior federal counsel Nik Isfahanie Tasnim Wan Ab Rahman, representing home minister and ROS, said the court should hear the case immediately as it was of public interest.

The court ordered the respondents (home minister and ROS) to file an affidavit in...