23 Nov 2025
NURUL SHUHADA BINTI BASHIR 1. ) SARA NURSHAZANA BINTI SHAHRUDIN 2. ) ROZIYANA BINTI RAMLI
- Citation
- KA-12B-10-05/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- High Court
- Case number
- KA-12B-10-05/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The Sessions Judge's dismissal of the appellant's defamation claim was set aside because the impugned imputations (accusations of zina and distribution of pornographic material) were defamatory per se, provocation does not extinguish liability and justification failed in light of the 1st Respondent's admission that the video was not obscene; the respondents' counterclaim was dismissed for failure to plead and prove defamatory words and injury and the Sessions Judge's finding of malice was unsupported by evidence. The appellant was awarded global damages of RM180,000, interest, costs and injun…