Muslim Lawyers Council Malaysia has again suggested that the government set up a tribunal with judges from syariah and civil courts to resolve interfaith custodial cases.

"We came up with the suggestion two years ago, but there was no feedback from the government," said its president Zainul Rijal Abu Bakar.

He was asked to comment on the Appellate Court's ruling that the civil courts have no jurisdiction in the interfaith custodial matter brought by a Muslim convert K Pathmanathan @ Muhammad Ridhuan Abdullah against his ex-wife M Indira Gandhi.