KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has granted an application by Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) to strike out the negligence suit filed against the firm by 76 next-of-kin representing 32 passengers on board the ill-fated Flight MH370.

In the proceedings, Justice Azizul Azmi Adnan, however, said that he would give the full grounds of judgement if the plaintiffs wished to appeal.

Justice Azizul allowed MAB's application after agreeing with the submission by the company's lead counsel Logan Sabapathy.

Another MAB counsel, Sanjeev Kumar, told reporters later that in their submission previously to strike out the suit, they contended that MAB was not incorporated at the time of the incident and assets relating to MH370 were not vested to MAB at that time.

When asked whether MAB was named as the wrong party in the suit, Sanjeev replied, "Yes it is not the right party".

He said the court then set Nov 7 as the next case management for plaintiffs to amend their statement of claim.

The group – made up of 66 Chinese nationals, eight Indians and two Americans – filed the suit on March 3, 2016, naming Malaysia Airlines System Bhd, MAB, Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) director-general, Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) and the Government as the defendants.

DCA is now known as the Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia.

In the statement of claim, the 76 are seeking special damages, general damages, costs for bereavement and interests.

They are also claiming for aggravated and exemplary damages against the department's director-general, RMAF and the government.

They are claiming for negligence, breach of contract, breach of statutory duty and breach of Montreal Convention against MAS.

They are also seeking claims for conspiracy, fraud, breach of statutory duties and misfeasance of public office against the DCA, RMAF and the government.

Flight MH370, which was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, vanished on March 8, 2014, with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board.

The disappearance of the aircraft has been dubbed one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time.