Ikatan Guru-Guru Muslim Malaysia (IGMM) will file an application to the High Court in Kota Bharu to reinstate its lawsuit over the legality of vernacular schools.

The group’s lead counsel Shaharudin Ali said this to Malaysiakini this afternoon.

"We will invoke Order 34, Rule 6 (2) of the Rules of Court 2012 latest by tomorrow. In this case, we are the plaintiff, not the defendant,” the lawyer said.

Order 34 Rule 6 (1) of the Rules of Court states that if, at the time appointed for the pre-trial case management, any party fails to attend, the court may dismiss the legal action...