Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Discovery in judicial review

Legal area

Court

7 Nov 2022

1. ) Dato Mohamad Yusof Bin A.Bakar 2. ) Lim Cheng Im 1. ) DATUK BANDAR KUALA LUMPUR 2. ) Lakaran Ceria Sdn Bhd

Citation

WA-25-221-08/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-25-221-08/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court granted the discovery application because the JV Agreement exists and is likely in the possession or control of the respondents, the applicants satisfied the Yekambaran tri-partite test (document, relevance, possession), and the affidavits and surrounding facts raised reasonable grounds to believe there had been a breach of public duty/conflict of interest by the Datuk Bandar such that production of the JV Agreement was necessary to dispose fairly of the judicial review proceeding; accordingly the respondents were ordered to produce the JV Agreement and related documents or file aff…
22 Mar 2022

ABDUL SOMAD BIN YAHYA 1. ) LEMBAGA TATATERTIB POLIS DIRAJA MALAYSIA BUKIT AMAN 2. ) Ketua Polis Negara 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

Citation

WA-25-363-12/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-25-363-12/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Applicant did not dispute the core factual basis of the charges (the dates of absence) and failed to demonstrate any inaccuracy or contradiction in the respondents' affidavits; the documents sought relate to the merits of the disciplinary decision rather than to procedural irregularity in decision-making; discovery in judicial review is limited and should not be allowed to enable a merits challenge—therefore the discovery application was unnecessary and dismissed.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) Dato Mohamad Yusof Bin A.Bakar 2. ) Lim Cheng Im 1. ) DATUK BANDAR KUALA LUMPUR 2. ) Lakaran Ceria Sdn Bhd

ABDUL SOMAD BIN YAHYA 1. ) LEMBAGA TATATERTIB POLIS DIRAJA MALAYSIA BUKIT AMAN 2. ) Ketua Polis Negara 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia