Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Personal service

Legal area

Court

22 Jan 2026

BOOBALAN A/L KRISHNAN SG ENTERTAINMENT & ADVERTISING

Citation

WA-12ANCC-25-06/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-12ANCC-25-06/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The High Court allowed the appeal because the process server did not reasonably identify the Appellant nor show interaction that would satisfy Order 62 rule 3; leaving documents in the mailbox in the presence of a purported wife or other occupants did not constitute personal service, rendering the JID irregular and subject to being set aside ex debito justitiae.
25 Jun 2025

1. ) LO CHANG GENG (mendakwa dalam kapasitinya sebagai ahli kepada Persatuan Hainan Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan) 2. ) WONG AH SENG (mendakwa dalam kapasitinya sebagai ahli kepada Persatuan Hainan Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan) 1. )

Citation

WA-24NCvC-86-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-24NCvC-86-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The Respondent, a senior lawyer who chaired the EGM, had actual knowledge of the clear and mandatory High Court Order to convene an EGM to consider and if thought fit pass the requisitioned resolutions; she expressly and wilfully refused to allow deliberation and voting on the requisitioned motion, thereby committing contempt beyond reasonable doubt; procedural defects (lack of personal service or penal notice, non-party status) were dispensed with due to actual knowledge and the Order's unambiguous wording; alternative sanctions were appropriate given mitigating factors.
7 Oct 2024

PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN 1. ) ONG THENG YEOW (Berniaga atas nama dan gaya SMART KEY RESOURCES (No.Pendaftaran 200403162863(CA0087094-W) 2. ) ONG BENG THEAM (Berniaga atas nama dan gaya SMART KEY RESOURCES (No.Pendaftaran 200403162863(CA0087094

Citation

PA-29NCC-610-12/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

PA-29NCC-610-12/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court found on the balance of probabilities that the bankruptcy notice was personally served on the judgment debtor and an act of bankruptcy occurred on 9.3.2024 and the creditor's petition was presented within six months; however the creditor's petition was not personally served as mandated by Rule 108 Insolvency Rules 2017 (service on the debtor's solicitors lacked clear written authority) making the CP defective and incompetent and justifying dismissal; appeal against the Registrar's dismissal was therefore dismissed and costs ordered.
1 Feb 2024

KOK LAI SIM 1. ) TAN CHENG HONG & SONS 2. ) TAN TIAM HOCK 3. ) TAN TIAM SEIW 4. ) FOO LEE LEE 5. ) WONG MEI KIM

Citation

AA-24NCC-6-06/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

AA-24NCC-6-06/2022 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court held that absence of personal service and penal notice was not fatal because the Defendants had actual knowledge of the Consent Order and the court may dispense with formal service; the Plaintiff failed to prove wilful disobedience beyond reasonable doubt because material documents were made available for inspection, Defendants demonstrated bona fide compliance efforts and the Plaintiff refused to accept questioned documents; therefore committal was not justified and the committal application was dismissed with costs.
18 May 2022

1. ) Chan Eng Leong 2. ) Chong Bee Choo 1. ) Goh Choon Kim 2. ) Global Tobacco Manufacturers (International) Sdn Bhd 3. ) Goh Kim Heong 4. ) Goh Choon Seong 5. ) Goh Kooi Cheng 6. ) Sinar Suria Forwarding & Shipping

Citation

P-02(IM)(NCvC)-548-03/2021 (Mahkamah Rayuan)
Court

IM
Case number

P-02(IM)(NCvC)-548-03/2021 (Mahkamah Rayuan)

The Court of Appeal held that O.52 r.2B does not mandate a pre-notice personally served before an ex parte leave application; the consequential documents specified in O.52 r.4(3) constitute the notice and must be considered in context. Applying that construction and the facts, the appellants had established a prima facie case for contempt against respondents 1,2,4 and 5 and a prima facie case against respondent 6 in relation to interference with company affairs, but not against the 7th respondent (freight forwarder) who acted in good faith. Enclosure 59 (committal application) is remitted to…
16 Feb 2021

Mohd Jasmi Bin Omar Khalijah Binti Hasnan

Citation

B52NCVC-305-10-2018 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

B52NCVC-305-10-2018 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

On the evidence the court found the defendant evaded personal service, the substituted service order dated 12.10.2020 was properly obtained and effected, the sealed judgment had been personally served (and the defendant and its solicitors had notice), the judgment contained a valid penal endorsement authorising enforcement, and the defendant's attempt to set aside substituted service in the present application was a collateral attack that should have been brought by separate proceedings; accordingly the defendant's application to set aside the ex‑parte committal order was dismissed with costs.

Malaysia Case Law

BOOBALAN A/L KRISHNAN SG ENTERTAINMENT & ADVERTISING

1. ) LO CHANG GENG (mendakwa dalam kapasitinya sebagai ahli kepada Persatuan Hainan Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan) 2. ) WONG AH SENG (mendakwa dalam kapasitinya sebagai ahli kepada Persatuan Hainan Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan) 1. )

PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN 1. ) ONG THENG YEOW (Berniaga atas nama dan gaya SMART KEY RESOURCES (No.Pendaftaran 200403162863(CA0087094-W) 2. ) ONG BENG THEAM (Berniaga atas nama dan gaya SMART KEY RESOURCES (No.Pendaftaran 200403162863(CA0087094

KOK LAI SIM 1. ) TAN CHENG HONG & SONS 2. ) TAN TIAM HOCK 3. ) TAN TIAM SEIW 4. ) FOO LEE LEE 5. ) WONG MEI KIM

1. ) Chan Eng Leong 2. ) Chong Bee Choo 1. ) Goh Choon Kim 2. ) Global Tobacco Manufacturers (International) Sdn Bhd 3. ) Goh Kim Heong 4. ) Goh Choon Seong 5. ) Goh Kooi Cheng 6. ) Sinar Suria Forwarding & Shipping

Mohd Jasmi Bin Omar Khalijah Binti Hasnan