22 Mar 2021
Koperal Zainal bin Mohd Ali dan 6 lagi Selvi a/p Narayan (Pentadbir Bersama Estet dan Tanggungan Chandran a/l Perumal, si mati) dan satu lagi
- Citation
- 01(f)-2-01/2018(w) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
- Court
- f
- Case number
- 01(f)-2-01/2018(w) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
Section 8(2) CLA constitutes an absolute bar to awarding exemplary damages under the CLA private-law estate claim, but that statutory bar does not preclude the executors of a deceased from bringing a separate public-law claim for breach of Article 5(1) Federal Constitution enforceable under Schedule 1 para 25 Courts of Judicature Act 1964; the Federal Court affirmed that constitutional infringement can attract exemplary (punitive) monetary relief as an appropriate public-law remedy and upheld the High Court's exemplary award of RM200,000 to the estate.
- Exemplary damages
- Custodial death
- Article 5(1) federal constitution
- Civil law act 1956 sections 7 and 8
- Remedies under courts of judicature act 1964
- Vicarious liability