Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Judicial review (order 53)

Legal area

Court

29 Apr 2025

Edwin a/l Sither 1. ) Karunakaran a/l Chatu 2. ) Azizul Annuar bin Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Adenan Satem 3. ) Menteri Belia dan Sukan 4. ) Pesuruhjaya Sukan Malaysia 5. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

Citation

WA-21NCvC-61-09/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-21NCvC-61-09/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Plaintiff failed to discharge the legal burden to prove defamation or conspiracy; plaintiff lacked standing as an unincorporated society to bring a defamation claim; communications at issue were statements of fact about non-registration under the Sports Development Act and were not defamatory on their plain, objective meaning; claims against ministerial defendants for breach of statutory duty were misconceived and should have been pursued by judicial review; impugned documents were not properly admitted as exhibits. Accordingly the writ claim was dismissed and counterclaim dismissed.
28 Feb 2025

1. ) LIM JOO SWEE 2. ) LEONG ENG KEONG 3. ) CHONG BOON KIONG 4. ) Cheah Kim Looi (Menyaman untuk dan bagi pihak kesemua 99 tuan punya dan pemilik Selangor Polo Residency dan ahli-ahli Persatuan Penduduk dan Pemilik Pusat Polo & Ekuestrian S

Citation

BA-22NCvC-385-09/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-22NCvC-385-09/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The Court struck out the Plaintiffs' Statement of Claim in its entirety: the claims are plainly and obviously unsustainable because (a) they are barred by res judicata/issue estoppel and the Henderson principle given prior judicial review outcomes and privies; (b) they are time-barred under s6(1) Limitation Act 1953 with accrual no later than April 2011; (c) Plaintiffs lack any registrable legal interest or standing to challenge title or rezoning of Lots 12397 and 45198 and claims against the local authority are premature and must be by judicial review under Order 53; (d) negligence and nuisa…
27 Feb 2023

1. ) GOOD INTENSIVE SDN. BHD. 2. ) YU CHONG CHEN 3. ) ONG AH SUN 4. ) TIANG CHEE KEE 5. ) CHEN SIEW KAR 1. ) SUEZ DOMAIN SDN. BHD. 2. ) AR TAN KA YONG (ARKITEK)

Citation

WA-22NCvC-827-12/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCvC-827-12/2021 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The High Court struck out the plaintiffs' suit against the first defendant because the claims were plainly unsustainable: the cause of action against the developer in respect of the amended SPA terms accrued at execution (and was time‑barred under s.6(1) Limitation Act as guided by Obata Ambak), the plaintiffs failed to pursue judicial review to quash the Ministry's EOT and improperly mounted a collateral challenge in a civil suit constituting an abuse of process, and the plaintiffs had accepted LAD by settlement constituting accord and satisfaction; accordingly the writ disclosed no reasonab…

Malaysia Case Law

Edwin a/l Sither 1. ) Karunakaran a/l Chatu 2. ) Azizul Annuar bin Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Haji Adenan Satem 3. ) Menteri Belia dan Sukan 4. ) Pesuruhjaya Sukan Malaysia 5. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

1. ) LIM JOO SWEE 2. ) LEONG ENG KEONG 3. ) CHONG BOON KIONG 4. ) Cheah Kim Looi (Menyaman untuk dan bagi pihak kesemua 99 tuan punya dan pemilik Selangor Polo Residency dan ahli-ahli Persatuan Penduduk dan Pemilik Pusat Polo & Ekuestrian S

1. ) GOOD INTENSIVE SDN. BHD. 2. ) YU CHONG CHEN 3. ) ONG AH SUN 4. ) TIANG CHEE KEE 5. ) CHEN SIEW KAR 1. ) SUEZ DOMAIN SDN. BHD. 2. ) AR TAN KA YONG (ARKITEK)