KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 7 -- The Federal Court will decide on August 13 whether the attorney general (AG) can challenge the leave granted to Datuk Seri Najib Razak to seek judicial review over a royal decree for his house arrest.

Senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan confirmed the ruling date yesterday, Free Malaysia Today reported.

A three-judge panel chaired by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Hasnah Hashim previously postponed its decision on July 9 after hearing arguments from Shamsul and Najib's lawyer, Tan Sri Shafee Abdullah.

Justices Datuk Zabariah Yusof and Datuk Hanipah Farikullah also sat on the panel during the hearing.

The AG is seeking to overturn a 2-1 Court of Appeal decision delivered on January 6 that allowed Najib to int...