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CLJ Bulletin, Vol 2007, Issue 13

13 April 2007

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1. CLJ April (Part 2) 2007

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

John Nyumbei v. PP
(Murder - Insanity) [2007] 2 CLJ 509

HIGH COURT

A Jayagopal lwn. Subramaniam Kuppusamy & Yang Lain
(Injunksi - Permohonan untuk menghalang Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan Kuil) [2007] 2 CLJ 522

Affin Bank Bhd v. Nupax Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Hire-purchase - Default - Proposed settlement agreement - Whether there was consensus ad idem) [2007] 2 CLJ 529

Amran Mohd Jin v. PP
(Appeal against sentence - Concurrent or consecutive) [2007] 2 CLJ 545

Lee Hui Jian v. Public Bank Bhd
(Vesting order obtained in High Court of Malaya - Whether bank with vesting order could pursue claim in Sarawak) [2007] 2 CLJ 551

Tan Kim Song lwn. Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak & Satu Lagi
(Pemaju menukarkan lot tanah yang dipersetujui - Sama ada wujudnya suatu kontrak bagi lot yang dipersetujui) [2007] 2 CLJ 557

Yoke San & Ors v. Pentadbir Tanah, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur & Ors
(Acquisition of land - Compensation) [2007] 2 CLJ 569

SUBJECT INDEX

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Jurisdiction - High Court of Malaya distinct from High Court of Sabah and Sarawak - Vesting order obtained in High Court of Malaya - Whether bank with vesting order could pursue claim on hire purchase agreement transacted in Sarawak - Whether vesting order effective only if obtained in the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 3, 23
Lee Hui Jian v. Public Bank Bhd
(Linton Albert J) [2007] 2 CLJ 551 [HC]

Locus standi - Bank with vesting order - Claim on hire purchase agreement - Hire purchase agreement transacted in Sarawak - Vesting order obtained in High Court of Malaya - Whether vesting order ineffective in Sarawak - Whether vesting order effective only if obtained in the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak - Whether bank lacked locus standi to pursue claim - Courts of Judicature Act 1964, ss. 3, 23
Lee Hui Jian v. Public Bank Bhd
(Linton Albert J) [2007] 2 CLJ 551 [HC]

CONTRACT

Hire-purchase - Default - Claim for outstanding sum - Proposed settlement agreement - Whether there was consensus ad idem between parties - Whether original hire purchase agreement to prevail - Contracts Act 1950, s. 7(a)
Affin Bank Bhd v. Nupax Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Ramly Ali J) [2007] 2 CLJ 529 [HC]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 300 - Murder - Insanity - Test for - Whether that of legal test as opposed to medical test - Acute psychotic disorder - Whether not ‘insanity’ in law - Absence of total impairment of cognitive functions - Whether fatal to defence of insanity - Penal Code, ss. 84, 300, 302
John Nyumbei v. PP
(Tengku Baharudin Shah, Raus Sharif & Abdull Hamid Embong JJCA) [2007] 2 CLJ 509 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Sentence - Appeal against sentence - Concurrent or consecutive - 18 years’ imprisonment and 12 strokes of cane each for offence of rape and offence of incest - Whether criminal behaviour of appellant justifies consecutive sentences - Whether public interest overrides personal circumstances of appellant
Amran Mohd Jin v. PP
(Jeffrey Tan J) [2007] 2 CLJ 545 [HC]

LAND LAW

Acquisition of land - Compensation - Injurious affection - Acquired land includes service road and parking bays utilised by building owners running businesses alongside - Whether building owners injuriously affected by acquisition - Whether building owners entitled to share in compensation awarded to registered proprietor of acquired land
Yoke San & Ors v. Pentadbir Tanah, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur & Ors
(Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2007] 2 CLJ 569 [HC]

Acquisition of land - Objection against award - Whether defendants had locus standi to file objections - Whether defendants within "person interested" under s. 2 Land Acquisition Act 1960 - Land Acquisition Act 1960, ss. 29(1)(C)
Yoke San & Ors v. Pentadbir Tanah, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur & Ors
(Abdul Wahab Patail J) [2007] 2 CLJ 569 [HC]

INDEKS PERKARA

KONTRAK

Perjanjian jual beli tanah - Pelaksanaan spesifik - Pemaju menukarkan lot tanah yang dipersetujui dalam perjanjian dengan lot lain atas alasan lot yang dipersetujui dikhaskan untuk bumiputra - Sama ada wujudnya suatu kontrak di antara pemaju dan pembeli bagi lot yang dipersetujui
Tan Kim Song lwn. Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak & Satu Lagi
(Balia Yusof Wahi H) [2007] 2 CLJ 557 [HC]

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Injunksi - Injunksi sementara - Permohonan untuk menghalang Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan Kuil - Sama ada pemohon mempunyai locus standi membuat permohonan - Sama ada pemohon menggunakan remedi alternatif yang sedia ada sebelum membuat permohonan - Akta Pertubuhan-Pertubuhan 1966, s. 40 - Perlembagaan Persatuan, fasal 21
A Jayagopal lwn. Subramaniam Kuppusamy & Yang Lain
(Zainal Adzam H) [2007] 2 CLJ 522 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH

Pemaju rumah - Perjanjian jual beli - Pelaksanaan spesifik - Pemaju menukarkan lot tanah yang dipersetujui dalam perjanjian dengan lot lain atas alasan lot yang dipersetujui dikhaskan untuk bumiputra - Sama ada wujudnya suatu kontrak di antara pemaju dan pembeli bagi lot yang dipersetujui
Tan Kim Song lwn. Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak & Satu Lagi
(Balia Yusof Wahi H) [2007] 2 CLJ 557 [HC]

CASE OF THE WEEK

PP v. HARMENDERPALL SINGH JAGARA SINGH

ROAD TRAFFIC: Dangerous driving - Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving - Suspension of driving licence pursuant to s. 41(5) Road Transport Act 1987 - Whether s. 41(5) violates or is contrary to right to equal protection of law in art. 8(1) Federal Constitution - Doctrine of intelligible differentia - Road Transport Act 1987, ss. 41(1), (5), 42 - Federal Constitution

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