In their leave application to commence judicial review, they want the court to quash DBKL’s decision, made on July 30, to revoke their licence as well as to set aside a ruling that blacklisted them from registering any businesses in the city.

The co-owners – Rizal van Geyzel and Shankar R Santhiram – claim the decisions were irrational and affect their livelihood.

They have also sought a declaration that the decisions are unconstitutional.

They named DBKL, Kuala Lumpur mayor Mahadi Che Ngah, then deputy federal territories minister Jalaluddin Alias, the federal territories ministry and the government as respondents.

The federal territories ministry was restructured last month and is now a department under the Prime Minister’s Department (PMD).

Justice Amarjeet Singh will hear their bid to commence judicial review on Jan 26.

The blacklisting follows the suspension of the comedy club’s licence by DBKL last July over a video clip that went viral showing a stand-up comedian removing her baju kurung to reveal a dress underneath during an act at the club.

The woman and her boyfriend were later arrested and charged.

Rizal was also arrested when several old videos of controversial comedy performances resurfaced.

He was charged in the sessions court with three counts of uploading videos on his three social media platforms that allegedly touched on racial and religious sensitivities.