THE Federal Court is to hear and decide on the legal questions arising from whether a Muslim child conceived out of wedlock can take his or her father’s surname instead of “Abdullah”.
Chief Justice Md Raus Sharif, chairing a Federal Court three-man bench, today granted leave to the National Registration Department (NRD), its director-general and the government of Malaysia to appeal against an appellate court ruling allowing a Muslim child conceived out of wedlock to carry the father’s surname.
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