The Court of Appeal today reserved judgment in the appeals brought by Petroleum Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and the federal government against a High Court's dismissal of their application for the determination of preliminary legal issues in the oil royalty suit.

According to a Bernama report, the three-member panel led by Justice Mohamed Noor Ahmad (now promoted to Federal Court judge), Justices Richard Malanjum and Hashim Yusoff made the decision after hearing submissions from Petronas counsel Cecil Abraham and Senior Federal Counsel Azahar Mohamed.