The Selangor fatwa committee issued a fatwa declaring GISBH an organisation that promotes deviant teachings after finding that its wider network practised the teachings of the Darul Arqam group, which was banned in 1993. (EPA Images pic)PETALING JAYA: The Court of Appeal has ordered GISB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISBH) to pay RM5,000 in costs to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for a 27-day delay in filing its appeal record in a challenge to a Selangor fatwa declaring it deviant from Islamic teachings.

A three-member Court of Appeal panel chaired by Justice Zaini Mazlan made the ruling after hearing submissions from GISBH and the AGC, which represented the Selangor fatwa committee and the Selangor Islamic Religious Council as respondents.