As kindergarten teacher M Indira Gandhi sets to appeal her three children's unilateral conversion to Islam by her former husband in the Federal Court, less than a week away, her lawyers are still in the dark as to whether their request for a nine-member bench will be entertained.

The 41-year-old's final appeal is fixed for a two-day hearing, beginning next Monday (Nov 13 and 14).

However, her lawyer Aston Paiva told Malaysiakini there is no reply on whether the apex court has agreed to their request for an increased number of judges to hear such an important case.