A three-member Court of Appeal bench today dismissed the appeal by 16 Umno members who sought a declaration for the dissolution of the party as a result of its branches and divisions not holding their elections within the stipulated time.
Justice Badariah Sahamid, who led the bench, upheld the High Court decision in not granting leave for the 16 Umno members led by Pandan Indah branch leader Salihudin Ahmad Khalid.
The group had sought for a judicial review of the Registrar of Societies' decision to grant an extension allowing Umno branches and divisions to postpone their elections until after the 14th national general election.
Justice Badariah who sat together with Justice Kamardin Hashim and Justice Zabariah Yusoff agreed that the facts in the landmark decisions of the Semenyih Jaya Sdn Bhd and the M Indira Gandhi cases on the position of the ouster clause was not applicable.
"The facts and circumstances differ and we dismiss the appeal," said Justice Badariah.
On April 26 this year, then High Court Justice Kamaludin Mohd Said dismissed the judicial review application on grounds that Section 18C of the Societies Act stipulates that a party member cannot bring a dispute regarding the party to court.
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