The Federal Court has fixed March 22 to hear a lawyer's application to seek leave to pursue his appeal for reinstatement of his lawsuit that questioned the legality of Anwar Ibrahim's royal pardon for his sodomy conviction.

Lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla, who is representing Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz, as well as Anwar's counsel J Leela, when contacted, confirmed that the Federal Court will hear the application on March 22.

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