The Kuala Lumpur High Court has fixed Oct 11 to hear Rosmah Mansor's application to strike out the suit by Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty SAL for the return of 44 pieces of jewellery loaned to the wife of former premier Najib Abdul Razak.

Global Royalty's lawyer David Gurupatham said Deputy Registrar Siti Faraziana Zainuddin also fixed the same date to hear the Attorney-General's Chambers' (AGC) application to intervene in the suit.

Rosmah's lawyer Geetham Ram Vincent said his client is attempting to strike out the suit on the grounds that the abovementioned items are not in her possession.

The jewellery pieces were said to be among those seized by the police during the raids on properties linked to Najib.

Reza Rahim, who is also part of Rosmah's legal team, said Global Royalty should have named the authorities as the defendant instead.

He said under the Anti-Money Laundering Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001, the firm should have written to the authorities or the attorney-general to recover the items.

"The application for indemnifying is also premature due to the seizure made by the police," he added after case management at the Kuala Lumpur High Court today.

Besides Geetham and Reza, the other members of the team are Rajivan Nambiar and Revin Kumar.

Meanwhile, Gurupatham said his team has just received the application from the AGC to intervene in the suit.

"We will not object to the intervener application. (However) It is premature for us to reply on the striking out application at this stage,” he added.

Gurupatham said a reply would be furnished during the hearing date before Judicial Commissioner Wong Chee Lin.

Senior federal counsel Alice Loke, who appeared for the AGC, said the chambers is intervening as the plaintiff and defendant have agreed that the items were seized by the police.

“We want to make sure that the alleged items are there and whether those items are involved in a commission of a crime.

"If it is so (commission of crime) then the government has the right to seize it," she said.

On July 10, Malaysiakini reported that Global Royalty had sued Rosmah on June 26 for the return of the 44 items worth RM60 million.