Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Bank statements

Legal area

Court

6 Aug 2025

1. ) JP ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION SDN. BHD. 2. ) J.P.ENGINEERING 1. ) SAGUNTHALA A/P SUBRAMANIAM 2. ) PS 2 ENTERPRISE 3. ) SSXP SPECIAL GLOBAL 4. ) Wong Jim Peng 5. ) Wong Zi Jing BUKAN PIHAK-PIHAK 1. ) WONG ZI JING 2. ) JP ENGINEERING & C

Citation

KB-B52NCvC-15-12/2024 (Mahkamah Sesyen)
Court

Sessions Court
Case number

KB-B52NCvC-15-12/2024 (Mahkamah Sesyen)

Plaintiffs satisfied legal requirements: the requested documents exist or likely exist, are relevant to new factual allegations made by defendant one (cash payments and post‑invoice withdrawals) and are likely within defendants' possession, custody or power; the request is sufficiently specific and not a fishing expedition; accordingly court ordered disclosure under Order 24 with a five‑day compliance window or alternatively an affidavit under rule 7, and awarded costs in the cause.
19 Feb 2025

PEMPETISYEN CHUAN SENG HUAT LEE TZIN TZIN

Citation

PA-33-328-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

PA-33-328-08/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court held the discovery application was partially granted: specific bank card statements (items 7, 8 and 9 in Lampiran A) bearing the petitioner's name are relevant and necessary to assess the petitioner's financial capacity and must be produced for the period from April 2012 or from date of card issuance (if later) until 03.07.2024; broader requests (items 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 10 and expansive travel document requests) were dismissed as too broad and constituted a fishing expedition; no order as to costs.
23 Jan 2025

CHAN LENNON (berniaga sebagai OMG LUXURY TRADING) TAN HUEY ZI (berniaga sebagai OMG LUXURY TRADING)

Citation

BA-12ANCC-21-08/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-12ANCC-21-08/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The High Court held that the Ambank bank statement for November 2022 satisfied the requirements of Order 24 r.3 (document, relevance, possession) and affirmed the Sessions Court's order compelling its production; however, bank statements after November 2022 were not necessary at this stage under Order 24 r.8 and the related part of the discovery order was set aside as too wide and amounting to a fishing expedition; the Respondent remains entitled to seek further discovery depending on what the November statement discloses.
10 Jan 2025

MTRUSTEE BERHAD (yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai AmTrustee Berhad) (sebagai pemegang amanah untuk Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust) TASHIMA DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD

Citation

JB-37J-2-12/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

JB-37J-2-12/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The SAR's refusal to grant the JC's oral pre‑hearing request for bank statements was correctly decided because the proper procedural route for compelling production and examination of a corporate judgment debtor is by an Order 48 ex parte application (Form 95/96); the JDS had not been validly commenced under Order 48 and should have been pursued in the original Sessions Court; the SAR's decision was an interlocutory procedural ruling and not appealable. Appeal dismissed and SAR decision upheld with costs.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) JP ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION SDN. BHD. 2. ) J.P.ENGINEERING 1. ) SAGUNTHALA A/P SUBRAMANIAM 2. ) PS 2 ENTERPRISE 3. ) SSXP SPECIAL GLOBAL 4. ) Wong Jim Peng 5. ) Wong Zi Jing BUKAN PIHAK-PIHAK 1. ) WONG ZI JING 2. ) JP ENGINEERING & C

PEMPETISYEN CHUAN SENG HUAT LEE TZIN TZIN

CHAN LENNON (berniaga sebagai OMG LUXURY TRADING) TAN HUEY ZI (berniaga sebagai OMG LUXURY TRADING)

MTRUSTEE BERHAD (yang dahulunya dikenali sebagai AmTrustee Berhad) (sebagai pemegang amanah untuk Hektar Real Estate Investment Trust) TASHIMA DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD