Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Limitation/statute of limitations

Legal area

Court

11 Feb 2026

1. ) KEH CHEE SIEW 2. ) TEO GEK CHEN SYARIKAT PERUMAHAN NEGARA BERHAD

Citation

JA-22NCvC-62-05/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

JA-22NCvC-62-05/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The defendant's pleadings amounted to a bare denial unsupported by material facts and failed to disclose any triable issue; documentary evidence and affidavits established payments made to an authorised agent under a valid power of attorney, which bind the defendant by agency and estoppel; the limitation defence was not pleaded and could not be relied upon; therefore summary judgment under Order 14 KKM 2012 was justified, with declaration of breach, enforcement of contractual obligations and costs awarded.
1 Aug 2023

G.K. MOUNTAIN SDN BHD 1. ) STEVEN SHANKER A/L CHAWAPATHI (didakwa sebagai rakan kongsi dalam suatu perkongsian yang dikenali sebagai Syarikat Shan) 2. ) VICTORIA A/P SAVARIMUTHU (didakwa sebagai rakan kongsi dalam suatu perkongsian yang dik

Citation

PA-22NCC-5-01/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

PA-22NCC-5-01/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Plaintiff proved the debt on a balance of probabilities by producing a statement of account and 54 tax invoices, supported by part payments and tacit admission in Exhibit P1; the defendants failed to prove their counterclaim due to lack of corroborating documentary evidence, internal discrepancies, apparent afterthought, and parts being time‑barred, therefore plaintiff’s claim is allowed and counterclaim dismissed.
30 Sept 2021

BESERI MUAFAKAT ENTERPRISE (NO. SYARIKAT RA0010176D) 1. KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN TENAGA KERJA SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA & 42 LAGI

Citation

RA-22NCVC--2-06/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

RA-22NCVC--2-06/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The writ and statement of claim were struck out because the claim improperly challenged a public authority decision by writ instead of by judicial review under Order 53, was barred by res judicata (identical issues previously adjudicated) and was statute‑barred under s2(a) Public Authority Protection Act 1948 (36 months), rendering the pleadings plainly unsustainable and an abuse of process.
7 Aug 2020

KERAJAAN MALAYSIA MOHAMAD NIZAR BIN MOHAMAD NAJIB (NO. K/P : 780511-14-5659)

Citation

BA-21NCVC-42-07/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-21NCVC-42-07/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Summary judgment was granted because under s106(3) Income Tax Act 1967 the High Court may not entertain defences that challenge the correctness, excessiveness or limitation of tax assessments in Government recovery proceedings; limitation pleas and assessment challenges must be pursued before the Special Commissioner and do not constitute triable issues in this recovery action, and s106(3) does not unlawfully usurp judicial power or violate the Constitution.
30 Dec 2019

[1] JEYANTHI ANANDAN @ JEYANTHI D/O ANANDAN [2] ASIA PACIFIC INSURANCE PTE LTD [1] SARAVANAN A/L SUPRAMANIAM [2] SUPASWIFT SERVICES SDN BHD

Citation

JA-A73KJ-755-04/2019 (Mahkamah Majistret)
Court

Magistrates' Court
Case number

JA-A73KJ-755-04/2019 (Mahkamah Majistret)

The Magistrate Court Johor Bahru lacked territorial jurisdiction because the cause of action arose in Singapore and the closest nexus of the dispute, witnesses and evidence are in Singapore; the defendants' addresses in Johor did not override the territorial principle and plaintiffs' inability to sue in Singapore due to limitation did not justify maintaining the suit in Malaysia; accordingly the defendants' application to set aside the writ and statement of claim was granted and costs awarded.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) KEH CHEE SIEW 2. ) TEO GEK CHEN SYARIKAT PERUMAHAN NEGARA BERHAD

G.K. MOUNTAIN SDN BHD 1. ) STEVEN SHANKER A/L CHAWAPATHI (didakwa sebagai rakan kongsi dalam suatu perkongsian yang dikenali sebagai Syarikat Shan) 2. ) VICTORIA A/P SAVARIMUTHU (didakwa sebagai rakan kongsi dalam suatu perkongsian yang dik

BESERI MUAFAKAT ENTERPRISE (NO. SYARIKAT RA0010176D) 1. KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN TENAGA KERJA SEMENANJUNG MALAYSIA & 42 LAGI

KERAJAAN MALAYSIA MOHAMAD NIZAR BIN MOHAMAD NAJIB (NO. K/P : 780511-14-5659)

[1] JEYANTHI ANANDAN @ JEYANTHI D/O ANANDAN [2] ASIA PACIFIC INSURANCE PTE LTD [1] SARAVANAN A/L SUPRAMANIAM [2] SUPASWIFT SERVICES SDN BHD