Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Prohibition

Legal area

Court

30 Sept 2025

1. ) GOVINDARAJ A/L G. NARAYANASAMY 2. ) CHELAIDHARAI A/L KALIMUTHU 3. ) N. THARUMARAJAH A/L G. NARAYANASAMY 4. ) MAHESWARI A/P N. PONNUSAMY 5. ) KRISHNAN A/L NARAYANASAMY 6. ) ALI KUTY BIN A. KADAR 7. ) RAMESH A/L VATHIAH 8. ) PRAKASH A/L

Citation

BA-25-3-01/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-25-3-01/2025 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The court held the application was time-barred because the grounds first arose on the date of the First Notice; the Second Notice was only an extension of time and did not create a new decision restarting the limitation period, therefore the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the application and dismissed Enclosure 1.
24 Oct 2024

1. ) JW Properties Sdn Bhd 2. ) Evergrowth Aquaculture Sdn Bhd Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Kuala Selangor

Citation

BA-25-9-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-25-9-01/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Leave to commence judicial review was granted because on perusal of the material the application was not frivolous or vexatious and disclosed an arguable case fit for full inter partes investigation; the challenge related to the decision to hold a new inquiry on 7 November 2023 (procedural act) rather than the quantum of compensation determined in land reference proceedings, so multiplicity of proceedings did not bar leave; accordingly a stay of the land reference proceedings was ordered until disposal of the judicial review.
13 Oct 2021

Maqsood Ahmad & 38 Yang Lain 1. ) Ketua Pegawai Penguatkuasa Agama 2. ) Pegawai Penyiasat, Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor 3. ) Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor 4. ) Ketua Pendakwa Syarie 5. ) Kerajaan Negeri Selangor

Citation

25-56-10/2015 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

25-56-10/2015 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

On the evidence the court found Applicants No.1-4,6-9,11-26 and 37-39 are Ahmadis by origin (ab initio) and therefore are not persons professing Islam for purposes of the ARIE and are beyond the Syariah Courts' jurisdiction; Respondents' investigatory and prosecutorial acts against those Applicants were ultra vires and were quashed and prohibited. Applicants No.27-36 are persons who had formerly professed Islam and embraced Ahmadi teachings later; they remain within Syariah jurisdiction until they obtain Syariah Court orders to the contrary. Foreign adherents who were Ahmadi on entry were tre…

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) GOVINDARAJ A/L G. NARAYANASAMY 2. ) CHELAIDHARAI A/L KALIMUTHU 3. ) N. THARUMARAJAH A/L G. NARAYANASAMY 4. ) MAHESWARI A/P N. PONNUSAMY 5. ) KRISHNAN A/L NARAYANASAMY 6. ) ALI KUTY BIN A. KADAR 7. ) RAMESH A/L VATHIAH 8. ) PRAKASH A/L

1. ) JW Properties Sdn Bhd 2. ) Evergrowth Aquaculture Sdn Bhd Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Kuala Selangor

Maqsood Ahmad & 38 Yang Lain 1. ) Ketua Pegawai Penguatkuasa Agama 2. ) Pegawai Penyiasat, Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor 3. ) Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor 4. ) Ketua Pendakwa Syarie 5. ) Kerajaan Negeri Selangor