Former Tabung Haji chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim filed an application for leave to commence judicial review, seeking to quash LHDN’s decision to cancel a tax settlement agreement dated Feb 9, 2022, as well as a subsequent composite assessment issued on March 22, 2022.KUALA LUMPUR: 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.