The High Court in Kuala Lumpur has granted leave for 48 Segamat voters to proceed with their judicial review challenge on the inclusion of 949 army voters in the constituency.

Justice Azizah Nawawi, who made the ruling in chambers, also issued a stay in the gazetting of 949 army personnel as voters.

This came after the judge turned down the preliminary objection on the judicial review application.

The voters are seeking to quash a local inquiry’s decision to reject their application to ban 949 army personnel and their spouses from being registered as voters in the third quarter of the 2017 electoral roll...