Court of Appeal finds that the applicants have an arguable case on constitutional and procedural grounds, and sends the case back to the Kangar High Court for a full hearing.
00:00The Court of Appeal has granted leave to Sports Toto Malaysia and four others to pursue a judicial review against the Perlis government and local council over their decision not to renew the licenses for their business premises.
00:15A three-judge panel, led by Justice Zaini Mazlan, sitting with Justices Lim Hoq Leng and Amarjeet Singh, set aside the lower court ruling that had denied their judicial review application.
00:26Amarjeet said the Perlis government had clearly made a decision which was communicated to Sports Toto and the others via a Kangar Municipal Council letter dated April 27, 2023.
00:38He explained that the notice revealed the local council's decision stemmed from a state government resolution which was in essence a decision to ban pool betting businesses in Perlis.
00:49Amarjeet said the High Court was wrong to rule that no official decision had been made, adding that the applicants had an arguable case involving a potential breach of the separation of powers and fundamental rights, not merely a policy dispute.
01:04The panel then remitted the case back to the Kangar High Court for hearing.
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