Malaysia Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Removal of administrator

Legal area

Court

2 Oct 2025

1. ) RAVINDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 2. ) DILBIR KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 3. ) AMRIT BINTI ABDULLAH 4. ) MOHSEN MANINDER BIN ABDULLAH 1. ) BHOOPINDAR SINGH A/L HARBANS SINGH 2. ) NUR DIYANAH INDER BINTI ABDULLAH (INDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBAN

Citation

BA-22NCvC-249-06/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-22NCvC-249-06/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The unchallenged evidence established that the Defendants, as Administrators, had persistently failed to administer the estate, retained assets and failed to account; such recalcitrance amounted to breach of fiduciary duties and constituted sufficient cause under s34 PAA to remove them, substitute new administrators, compel delivery of full inventory and accounts and award costs.
20 Aug 2025

1. ) SISSHAANE VASUTHEVAN 2. ) RISHAANIE 3. ) SUMITRA DEWI A/P R PARAMARAJAH 1. ) GHANA MOORTHY A/L MUTHIAH 2. ) Ghana Moorthy A/l Muthiah (Sebagai Pentadbir Bagi Harta Pusaka Vasuthevan A/l N. Muthiah)

Citation

BA-22NCvC-393-10/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-22NCvC-393-10/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The application was dismissed because although the plaintiffs' status as biological children was not disputed, the key remedial questions (invalidity of the Grant, injunction, account) depend on contested factual issues—notably alleged fraud and consent—which cannot be resolved on the papers; therefore the questions could not substantially dispose of the cause and require trial evidence.
9 Jul 2025

1. ) RAVINDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 2. ) DILBIR KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 3. ) AMRIT BINTI ABDULLAH 4. ) MOHSEN MANINDER BIN ABDULLAH 1. ) BHOOPINDAR SINGH A/L HARBANS SINGH 2. ) NUR DIYANAH INDER BINTI ABDULLAH (INDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBAN

Citation

BA-22NCvC-249-06/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

BA-22NCvC-249-06/2024 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The defendants' summary application failed because the questions raised left material factual issues unresolved: the 4th Plaintiff was not bound by prior consent judgments, the pleaded claims allege fresh or continuing breaches by trustees and a continuing obligation to account, and limitation may not apply to equitable trust claims under s22 Limitation Act 1953; accordingly the issues require trial. The application under Order 14A/Order 33 r.2/3 is dismissed and costs awarded to plaintiffs.
18 Jan 2023

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Citation

02(f)-82-10/2019(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)
Court

f
Case number

02(f)-82-10/2019(B) (Mahkamah Persekutuan)

The Federal Court held that the term 'issue' in section 6 Distribution Act 1958 is expansive and includes the natural lineal descendants of the intestate irrespective of formal legitimacy; therefore the second appellant, being an issue of the deceased, is entitled to inherit. In addition, on the facts section 75(2) Act 164 applied because there was evidence of reasonable belief in the validity of the customary marriage, rendering the child legitimate for succession. The removal of the first appellant as co-administrator was not justified because the court failed to weigh the welfare and inter…
11 Apr 2022

Yvonne Wong Yee Woon 1. ) Wong Yee Mei @ Cynthia (Sebagai Pentadbir Harta Pusaka Wong Poi Hong @ Wong Swee Fong, Si Mati) 2. ) Wong Yee Mei @ Cynthia (Dituntut Di Atas Kapasiti Peribadi)

Citation

WA-24NCvC-642-05/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-24NCvC-642-05/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

On the evidence the 1st Defendant breached fiduciary duties by wrongfully expending and distributing estate funds (total RM2,161,162.41), failing to render or produce original supporting documents and fabricating documents, and acting in her personal bias contrary to the will and beneficiaries' interests; these facts raised sufficient objective suspicion of misconduct to justify removal under PAA s34 and Trustees Act s40; accordingly the court removed the Defendant as administrator, appointed Amanah Raya Berhad, ordered repayment of RM2,161,162.41 to the estate, ordered production of all admi…
13 Jan 2022

YAP CHEE SIANG 1. ) NG BAK HING 2. ) YAP YOKE CHONG @ ALLAN YAP 3. ) AMANAH RAYA BERHAD

Citation

WA-22NCvC-805-10/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-22NCvC-805-10/2019 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

Leave to amend was refused because the application was made at a very late stage after trial commencement without compelling or cogent reasons for delay; allowing the amendment would effectively change the character of the proceeding into an impeachment of an earlier judgment already considered by the Court of Appeal and pursued in a separate suit, risk multiplicity of proceedings and constitute an abuse of process; prejudice could not be adequately compensated by costs in the circumstances, therefore discretion to permit amendment was exercised against the second defendant and the applicatio…
7 Feb 2020

SHARMILA PILLAI PENCELAH RAMANI A/L PERIASAMY PILLAI

Citation

WA-31NCVC-1287-08/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Court

High Court
Case number

WA-31NCVC-1287-08/2018 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

The application was dismissed because it was procedurally defective for failing to state grounds as required by Order 32/Form 57 and for failing to cite the legal basis for removal; on the merits the applicant failed to rebut material averments that the respondent acted under the Grant and with notice to other parties, the majority of beneficiaries supported the respondent, no special circumstances under s.30 justified removal, and the applicant was found unfit; costs awarded RM3,000.00.

Malaysia Case Law

1. ) RAVINDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 2. ) DILBIR KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 3. ) AMRIT BINTI ABDULLAH 4. ) MOHSEN MANINDER BIN ABDULLAH 1. ) BHOOPINDAR SINGH A/L HARBANS SINGH 2. ) NUR DIYANAH INDER BINTI ABDULLAH (INDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBAN

1. ) SISSHAANE VASUTHEVAN 2. ) RISHAANIE 3. ) SUMITRA DEWI A/P R PARAMARAJAH 1. ) GHANA MOORTHY A/L MUTHIAH 2. ) Ghana Moorthy A/l Muthiah (Sebagai Pentadbir Bagi Harta Pusaka Vasuthevan A/l N. Muthiah)

1. ) RAVINDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 2. ) DILBIR KAUR A/P HARBANS SINGH 3. ) AMRIT BINTI ABDULLAH 4. ) MOHSEN MANINDER BIN ABDULLAH 1. ) BHOOPINDAR SINGH A/L HARBANS SINGH 2. ) NUR DIYANAH INDER BINTI ABDULLAH (INDERJEET KAUR A/P HARBAN

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Yvonne Wong Yee Woon 1. ) Wong Yee Mei @ Cynthia (Sebagai Pentadbir Harta Pusaka Wong Poi Hong @ Wong Swee Fong, Si Mati) 2. ) Wong Yee Mei @ Cynthia (Dituntut Di Atas Kapasiti Peribadi)

YAP CHEE SIANG 1. ) NG BAK HING 2. ) YAP YOKE CHONG @ ALLAN YAP 3. ) AMANAH RAYA BERHAD

SHARMILA PILLAI PENCELAH RAMANI A/L PERIASAMY PILLAI