KUALA LUMPUR: Former Lembaga Tabung Haji chairman Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim has obtained leave from the High Court to challenge the Inland Revenue Board's (IRB) decision to revoke his RM4.8 million tax settlement agreement.

Judge S. Indra Nehru also granted an ad interim stay pending further proceedings.

Azeez's lawyer, Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, said the court fixed Nov 16 for case management to set a date for the substantive judicial review hearing.

Azeez filed the application on Sept 6, challenging the Inland Revenue director-general's decision to revoke the settlement agreement dated Feb 9, 2022, which covered composite assessments for the assessment years 2011 to 2020.