27 Jan 2021
SN AKMIDA HOLDINGS SDN BHD KERAJAAN MALAYSIA
- Citation
- WA-24C(ARB)-39-10/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
- Court
- ARB
- Case number
- WA-24C(ARB)-39-10/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
The High Court dismissed the plaintiff's applications for interim relief. It held that (1) the court is bound by precedent and statutory regime (s 29 GPA 1956 and s 54 SRA 1950) that injunctions cannot be granted against the Government or its officers, (2) the Schedule to Part II of the Covid-19 Act does not, by express words or necessary implication, include construction contracts entered into by the Government, (3) even if Covid-19 Act applied, the plaintiff failed to prove the elements of s 7 (specific contractual duties, precise measures under Act 342 and causal nexus), and (4) s 10 Covid…