Federal counsel Maisarah Juhari submitted that all the 10 parties had no sufficient interest to challenge the decision of the ROS in dissolving Balkis on Feb 11.

The Selangor menteri besar's wife and nine other parties were mere busybodies in disputing the dissolution of Balkis, the welfare and charity organisation of the wives of Selangor assemblyperson and MPs, the High Court was told today.

Federal counsel Maisarah Juhari submitted that all the 10 parties had no sufficient interest to challenge the decision of the Registrar of Societies (ROS) in dissolving Balkis on Feb 11.

Selangor menteri besar's wife Salbiah Tunut, Permodalan Negeri Selangor Berhad, Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad and the Selangor State Development Corporation are among the 10 applicants who filed for a judicial review to quash the ROS decision.

"The applicant (Salbiah) was never a member of Balkis. The fact that she is the menteri besar's wife does not give her an automatic right to the membership of Balkis.

"The applicants are mere busybodies. They have failed to show that they are persons who have been adversely affected by the decision of the ROS," Maisarah said in objecting to the leave application.

Donors cannot be deemed interested parties

She also said that the applicants could not be deemed as interested parties just because they had donated sums of money and two parcels of land to Balkis.

"The applicants in this matter can only be considered as donor who donated or sponsored the donee, which in this case is Balkis, as gifts," she said.

She also submitted that the application for judicial review was filed out of time, which is in contravention of Order 53 Rules of the High Court.

"There is an appeal provision available to the applicants, therefore they should exhaust their
domestic remedy by appealing to the minister as provided for by section 18 of the Societies Act," she said.

Judicial commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof fixed Sept 11 for decision.

- Bernama