The Kuala Lumpur High Court today allowed Azhar Azizan Harun’s application to strike out former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's legal challenge against Azhar’s appointment as the Dewan Rakyat speaker.

Judge Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid also allowed Azalina Othman Said’s application to strike out Mahathir’s legal challenge against her appointment as the deputy speaker.

The judge ruled, among others, that only Parliament has the sole power and jurisdiction to decide on the issue of the appointment.