The Court of Appeal today granted N Surendran a stay on his sedition charge hearing, pending his appeal to the appellate court strike out the charge.

The three-member bench led by Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat unanimously granted the stay application made by Surendran's counsel, Ambiga Sreenevasan and Latheefa Koya.

Besides Tengku Maimun, the other judges were Justices Zamani A Rahim and Zakaria Sam.

The Padang Serai MP was charged in a sessions court in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 19, 2014, for his remark that Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy II charge was a political conspiracy involving Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Surendran was accused of dsaying this when leaving the Federal Court on Aug 8, 2014.

On June 7 this year, Surendran filed an application to strike out the sedition charge on grounds that it interfered with his duties as a lawyer.

He said he was alleged to have uttered the seditious statement when he came out of court after representing Anwar at the Federal Court.

"Because it deals with something I allegedly said in my capacity as a lawyer, that is interference of the duties of lawyers,” Surendran had said.

But on June 24, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur found the Sedition Act to be constitutional, and the sedition charges brought against Surendran to be valid.

Surendran filed his notice appealing the High Court decision on June 27.

Amnesty International has urged the Malaysian authorities to drop the charge against Surendran.