The Kuala Lumpur High Court has dismissed the application for leave for a judicial review by16 former Umno members to dissolved the party due to the postponed internal election.

In delivering his decision, Justice Datuk Kamaludin Md Said said he had considered the questions raised by the plaintiffs, but felt that he was bound by Section 18C of the Societies Act.

Lawyer Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla, who represented the 16, said he had received instructions to appeal the decision and said he would do so at the “soonest possible time”.