Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Delay in prosecution

Legal area

Court

19 Mar 2025

Farah Masyitah binti Nordin 1. ) Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan bin Yusoff (dinamakan di atas kapasiti sebagai Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Malaysia) 2. ) Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Malaysia 3. ) Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Pera

Citation

AA-25-6-02/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

AA-25-6-02/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The dismissal was set aside because the seven‑year delay without credible explanation, combined with affirmative acts by the employer (promotions, increments, national award), amounted to tacit condonation; material procedural defects (failure to disclose attendance records and to give reasons or notice of appeal) deprived the applicant of a fair hearing; and the punishment of dismissal was disproportionate given mitigating circumstances — therefore the disciplinary decision was unlawful and unsustainable.
29 Mar 2022

KOMPLEKS PERKAYUAN KELANTAN SDN BHD HUSAM BIN MUSA

Citation

DA-23CY-06-09/2017 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

DA-23CY-06-09/2017 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The application for a stay of proceedings was dismissed because the defendant failed to demonstrate the required special circumstances: the defendant had delayed and neglected procedural opportunities since 2018, did not prove irreparable prejudice or that the appeal would be rendered nugatory, could reserve rights to recall witnesses if appeal succeeds, and a stay would unfairly prejudice the plaintiff and cause unjustifiable delay.
26 Aug 2020

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR LADY JOHARI BIN IDRIS

Citation

WA-42(R)(A)-1-03/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

R
Case number

WA-42(R)(A)-1-03/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

High Court reduced total imprisonment to one day's imprisonment to run concurrently for both charges and maintained the fines because the prosecution's unexplained delay of over five years in charging the respondent, combined with the respondent's loss of employment/benefits, age, ill-health and first‑offender status, rendered the original custodial sentence unduly punitive in the circumstances.

Malaysia Case Law

Farah Masyitah binti Nordin 1. ) Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan bin Yusoff (dinamakan di atas kapasiti sebagai Pengerusi Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Malaysia) 2. ) Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Pendidikan Malaysia 3. ) Jabatan Pendidikan Negeri Pera

KOMPLEKS PERKAYUAN KELANTAN SDN BHD HUSAM BIN MUSA

PUBLIC PROSECUTOR LADY JOHARI BIN IDRIS