Lawyer M Pravin, who represented club owners Rizal van Geyzel and Shankar R Santhiram, said the decision not to pursue the case was made after it was revealed the duo have not been blacklisted as previously suggested.

“DBKL in its affidavit in reply has confirmed the matter,” the lawyer told the High Court today.

Justice Amarjeet Singh, who was scheduled to hear the case today, then struck out the application with no order to costs.

On May 23, the duo was given leave to commence judicial review proceedings after the attorney-general disclosed that he was not objecting to the application.

Lawyer Khalisa Badrul Amini represented DBKL.

The leave application, filed on Nov 24 last year, named DBKL, then Kuala Lumpur mayor Mahadi Che Ngah, then federal territories deputy minister Jalaluddin Alias, the federal territories ministry and the government as respondents.

The duo sought a declaration that the decision to revoke the club’s licence was against the law and that the decision made by Jalaluddin as well as the ministry to ban them permanently from registering any business in Kuala Lumpur, even under another name and company, was unconstitutional.

They also requested a court order to cancel the decision on grounds that they have a fundamental right under the constitution to run businesses with a valid licence in the city.

In their supporting affidavit, they said that on Aug 17 last year, Jalaluddin issued a statement that DBKL’s licencing committee had decided to cancel the comedy club’s licence effective July 30 the same year.

Jalaluddin also said the owners had been blacklisted for life from registering businesses in Kuala Lumpur.

Rizal and Shankar claimed the decision had severely affected their status as entrepreneurs. They also said that they did not receive any official notice or letter from DBKL on the matter.