Judicial Commissioner Dr Prasad Sandosham Abraham will hear the application.
The date was fixed by deputy registrar Wan Nursalina Wan Abdullah in chambers today.
Anwar's counsel, S N Nair, told reporters that Anwar filed the application as Chandra had filed futher particulars in his statement of defence out of time.
Chandra was represented by counsel Zaharudeen Harun.
Anwar is suing Chandra over his alleged defamatory remarks at a forum at Menara Star in Petaling Jaya on March 3, 2008, which were subsequently published in newspapers.
In his statement of defence, Chandra denied uttering maliciously and falsely any defamatory comment concerning Anwar which was then published on March 5, 2008, in two local English newspapers.
Alternatively, he claimed that if the words were defamatory, which he denied, then they were published on an occasion of qualified privilege without malice.
- Bernama
