23 Dec 2020
ANNAMARY A/P BALASAMY (K/P NO. 650517-01-5985) sebagai ibu yang sah kepada MARGREAD A/P JAIJIN, simati dan membawa tindakan ini untuk dirinya dan juga pihak estate simati dibawah Seksyen 7 & 8 Akta Undang-Undang Sibil 1956, dan juga bagi ga
- Citation
- JA-12A-4-03/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- JA-12A-4-03/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Section 7(5) of the Civil Law Act 1956 plainly prohibits more than one action in respect of the same subject matter; because the husband had earlier filed a dependency claim resulting in consent judgment, the plaintiff's subsequent dependency claim was barred and properly struck out; section 7(8) does not permit multiple actions by beneficiaries in a way that undermines s7(5); multiplicity of proceedings can be addressed by strike out and need not be specially pleaded.
- Dependency claim
- Section 7 civil law act 1956
- Multiplicity of actions
- Striking out
- Order 14a
- Order 18 rule 19(1)(b) & (d) rules of court 2012