Federal Court rejects MAIPs bid to revisit previous ruling on unilateral conversion

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The apex court says its 2018 decision by a five-member bench in M Indira Gandhi’s case is still good law.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/05/14/federal-court-rejects-maips-bid-to-revisit-previous-ruling-on-unilateral-conversion/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/05/14/mahkamah-tolak-cubaan-maips-semak-semula-keputusan-berkait-tukar-agama-anak/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #FederalCourt #MAIPs #LohSiewHong

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00:00The Federal Court has denied a request by the Perlis Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council

00:06and three others to revisit a 2018 ruling that held the unilateral conversion of minor children

00:11unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision, a three-member Apex Court panel rejected an application

00:17for leave to challenge a ruling handed down by the Court of Appeal in favour of single mother

00:22Loh Siu Hong in January this year. Chief Justice Tengku Memon Tuan Mat said the ruling in M Indira

00:28Gandhi's case handed down by a five-member Apex Court bench was good law, adding that there was

00:32no reason to revisit the case. Today's verdict also meant that the Court of Appeal ruling on

00:37January 10th to annul a provision in the Perlis state enactment allowing unilateral conversions

00:42was upheld as it contradicts Article 12 Sub 4 of the Federal Constitution. She said the English text

00:48of the Federal Constitution that states parents in Article 12 Sub 4 meant the consent of both

00:53parents was needed to convert a minor to Islam. Samuel Chua, FMT News.

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