Hearing concluded, decision fixed for another date

After a marathon six-hour hearing, the Federal Court decided to defer its verdict on who is the rightful Perak menteri besar to a date to be fixed.

Court of Appeal president Alauddin Mohd Sheriff ended the court proceedings at 6pm after a day-long session which involved lawyers from both sides arguing their case before a five-member bench of top judges.

The country's highest court had earlier today dismissed Nizar's application for a full bench of 11 judges or alternatively a panel of more than five judges.

As a result, Alauddin and four others - Chief Judge of Malaya Arifin Zakaria and justices Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff and Abdull Hamid Embong - heard the appeal.

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