Azeez gets leave to challenge LHDN’s cancellation of RM4.8mil tax settlement

The High Court has granted former Tabung Haji chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim leave to commence judicial review against the Inland Revenue Board’s (LHDN) decision to cancel a RM4.8 million tax settlement.

Azeez’s lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said Justice S Indra Nehru allowed the leave application today after hearing submissions from both parties.

“After hearing submissions from both parties, the court is satisfied that there are legal issues to be heard in our leave application.

“So the court has allowed the application to proceed with the substantive judicial review hearing,” he told the media after today’s proceedings.

He said the court also allowed an ad interim stay for two weeks to prevent LHDN from taking action against Azeez.

The court fixed Nov 16 to set hearing dates for the judicial review and the stay application.

Azeez filed his application for leave to commence judicial review on Sept 6, seeking to quash LHDN’s decision to cancel a Feb 9, 2022 tax settlement agreement, as well as the subsequent composite assessment issued on March 22, 2022, for the assessment years 2011 to 2020.

He is also seeking an order compelling LHDN to abide by the agreement, which he contends is final and conclusive under the law.

Senior federal counsel Ng Siew Wee represented the Attorney-General’s Chambers.