Legal Network Series

[2011] 1 LNS 807	LAM SOON EDIBLE OILS SDN BHD v. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF MALAYSIA BERHAD	INSURANCE: Contract of Insurance - Features of - Distinguishing character from ordinary contracts of guarantee - Whether contract was one of insurance and the principle of insurance law applied in construing the policy INSURANCE: Goods policy - Construction of policy - Payment of claims - Policy to guarantee payment of goods sold by way of export in the event customers of plaintiff fail to honour the payment - Late payment of premium - Delay of 29 days in submitting statement of overdue account - Whether a breach of a condition precedent which entitled defendant to avoid liability - Whether clause gave room for defendant to honour the claim notwithstanding claim was not made within time - Whether nature of guarantee made it obligatory for defendant to make payment on the happening of events covered by the policy - Whether clauses relied on by defendant to deny liability could stand as condition precedent considering the parties' intention as stated in the policy - Whether defendant entitled to reject plaintiff's claim
[2013] 1 LNS 755	MOHD AKMAL SOPI v. MOHD FAUZI NORDIN	LALULINTAS JALAN: Kecuaian - Kemalangan jalan raya - Liabiliti - Pertembungan motorsikal - Sama ada plaintif dilanggar ketika defendan keluar dari simpang kiri dan memasuki laluan plaintif - Sama ada punca kemalangan adalah ekoran tindakan defendan yang menunggang motorsikal melebihi had laju yang telah ditetapkan - Sama ada defendan harus dipertanggungjawab sepenuhnya keatas kemalangan yang telah berlaku LALULINTAS JALAN: Kecuaian - Kemalangan jalan raya - Kenderaan keluar dari simpang - Sama ada seseorang pengguna jalan raya boleh dikatakan telah cuai apabila tidak memberikan perhatian kepada kenderaan yang keluar dari simpang secara mengejut - Sama ada seseorang pengguna jalan raya harus memberi perhatian kepada kenderaan yang keluar dari simpang KETERANGAN: Inferen bertentangan - Kegagalan memanggil pegawai penyiasat - Kemalangan jalan raya - Sama ada kegagalan memanggil pegawai penyiasat telah mencacatkan kes plaintif - Sama ada terdapat penyekatan keterangan - Akta Keterangan 1950, s. 114(g) KETERANGAN: Perjalanan bicara - Pematahan keterangan - Keterangan prima facie plaintif - Ketidak hadiran defendan ketika bicara - Sama ada ketidak hadiran defendan ketika bicara telah menjadikan keterangan plaintif gagal disangkal TORT: Kecuaian - Kecuaian sumbangan - Kemalangan jalan raya - Menunggang motorsikal dengan lesen yang mati - Sama ada menunggang motorsikal dengan lesen yang telah mati boleh menyumbang kepada kecuaian - Sama ada lesen motorsikal yang telah mati boleh menunjukkan cara penunggangan motorsikal secara cuai GANTI RUGI: Taksiran - Rayuan - Kuantum ganti rugi - Sama ada kuantum ganti rugi yang telah diberikan adalah terlalu tinggi - Sama ada terdapat sebarang pertindihan untuk melayakkan pemotongan 10% daripada keseluruhan jumlah awad ganti rugi - Sama ada terdapat pertindihan kecederaan yang dialami akibat kemalangan
[2013] 1 LNS 784	KAMARUL ZAMAN ZOLKEFELI & SATU LAGI lwn. KAMALIAH MD ALI & YANG LAIN	UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA: Kanak-kanak - Pengangkatan - Proses pendaftaran pengangkatan kanak-kanak - Sama ada proses yang sesuai telah digunakan dalam pengangkatan kanak-kanak - Sama ada proses pendaftaran pengangkatan kanak-kanak di bawah Akta Pengangkatan Anak 1952 sama dengan Akta Pendaftaran Pengangkatan 1952 - Sama ada permohonan Akta Pengangkatan Anak 1952 terpakai dalam proses pengangkatan kanak-kanak secara pendaftaran di Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA: Kanak-kanak - Pengangkatan - Kesahihan pendaftaran - Pengangkatan kanak-kanak di bawah Akta Pendaftaran Pengangkatan 1952 - Sama ada kriteria-kriteria di bawah s. 6 Akta Pendaftaran Pengangkatan 1952 telah dipenuhi UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA: Kanak-kanak - Pengangkatan - Permohonan pembatalan pengangkatan kanak-kanak - Permohonan pembatalan pengangkatan oleh ibu kandung kanak-kanak - Faktor kebajikan kanak-kanak - Sama ada permohonan pembatalan pengangkatan kanak-kanak oleh ibu kandung atas alasan kebajikan kanak-kanak boleh dengan sendirinya membatalkan sesuatu pengangkatan yang telah didaftarkan secara sempurna UNDANG-UNDANG PENTADBIRAN: Perjalanan kuasa-kuasa pentadbiran - Keputusan - Keputusan pendaftar anakangkat - Sama ada pendaftar anakangkat telah melakukan kekhilafan dalam proses membuat keputusan untuk membenarkan pendaftaran pengangkatan - Sama ada mahkamah mempunyai sebab untuk mengganggu keputusan pendaftar anakangkat
[2014] 1 LNS 236	PETRA PERDANA BERHAD v. TENGKU DATO' IBRAHIM PETRA TENGKU INDRA PETRA & ORS	COMPANY LAW: Directors - Breach of director's duties - Whether the First to Third defendants breached their fiduciary duties as directors by undertaking the Second and Third Divestments - Whether First to Third defendants exercised their powers for a proper purpose when they decided to undertake the Second and Third Divestments - Whether the dominant purpose was a genuine cash flow problem or whether it was merely contrived and a sham - Test for Directors' duty to exercise powers for a proper purpose - Whether First to Third defendants as directors acted bona fide in the best interests of the plaintiff in compliance with s. 132(1) of the Companies Act 1965 - Even if these directors were guilty of a breach of duty or a breach of trust, whether this was a fit and appropriate case for application of s. 354 of the Companies Act 1965 COMPANY LAW: Directors - Duties - Business Judgment rule - s. 132(1B) of the Companies Act 1965 - Alleged failure by 1st defendant to secure a better price for shares sold under the Second Divestment - Whether decision to sell fell within meaning of s. 132(1B) of the Companies Act 1965 - Whether decision to undertake the Second Divestment was a business judgment made by the First to Third defendants - Whether they were entitled to rely on representations made by plaintiff's primary financial officer - Whether in effecting the Third Divestment, First defendant made a business judgment and was entitled to rely on the advice of professionals such as Affin Investment Bank and TA Securities Holdings Bhd TORT: Negligence - Duty of care - Alternatively, whether First to Third defendants were negligent and breached the duty of care owed to plaintiff in relation to the Second and Third Divestments - Appointment of Fiduciary Limited by 1st defendant - Not a licensed person under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 - Whether 1st defendant's failure to check or ascertain status of Fiduciary Limited was a negligent breach of the duty of care he owed to plaintiff - Whether 1st defendant should compensate plaintiff for pecuniary loss suffered by paying plaintiff the costs of Fiduciary Limited's bill TORT: Conspiracy - Elements of - Whether First to Third defendants conspired with other persons, including the Fourth defendant, to injure plaintiff by divesting of its shares in its subsidiary - Whether they had undertaken their statutory, common law and fiduciary duties as directors for a proper purpose and in the interest of the company - Whether key elements of intention and damage had been established - Whether they conspired to cause injury to plaintiff
[2014] 1 LNS 367	DILSHAT BEGUM SYED ABBAS v. HONG LEONG BANK BERHAD & ORS	SALE OF GOODS: Merchantable quality - Fitness for purpose - Whether vehicle was not fit for the purpose it was intended - Whether vehicle suffered from serious defects that rendered it unroadworthy or unmerchantable in quality - Whether plaintiff entitled to rescind the Hire Purchase Agreement and claim for consequential loss suffered by her

CLJ 2015 Volume 3 (Part 4)

COURT

FEDERAL COURT

Ravindran Ramasamy v. PP
(Criminal Procedure - Charge - Duplicity of - Defective charge) [2015] 3 CLJ 421 [FC]

COURT OF APPEAL

Deepanraj Subramanian v. PP
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Penal Code - Section 304(a) - Culpable homicide) [2015] 3 CLJ 439 [CA]

Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan & Ors v. Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Administrative Law; Constitutional Law - Federal and state law - Conflict - Matters of Islamic law) [2015] 3 CLJ 461 [CA]

Leisure Farm Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Kabushiki Kaisha Ngu & Ors
(Civil Procedure - Appeal - Cross appeal - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994 rr. 5, 8, Form 2) [2015] 3 CLJ 489 [CA]

PP v. Subir Gole
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Murder - Defence - Cumulative provocation) [2015] 3 CLJ 505 [CA]

Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam
(Constitutional Law; Civil Procedure; Family Law - Custody - Jurisdiction - Husband converted to Islam and applied for dissolution of marriage and custody of children at Syariah Court) [2015] 3 CLJ 525 [CA]

Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam; Peguam Negara Malaysia & Anor (Intervener)
(Constitutional Law; Family Law; Islamic Law - Jurisdiction - Syariah Court - Parties married under Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976) [2015] 3 CLJ 537 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Angkatan Tentera; Tort; Had Masa - Kecuaian - Kerosakan - Tanah plaintif digunakan sebagai zon penampan) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Third respondent charged under s. 13 Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 - Offence of disseminating and distributing books deemed contrary to Islamic law - Seizure of books during raid - Respondents' application for judicial review and certiorari orders to quash decision and actions of appellants allowed - Appeal against - Whether High Court had jurisdiction to hear and determine judicial review - Whether impugned actions of first appellant dealt with Syariah law and came within jurisdiction of Syariah courts - Whether appellants' actions tainted with mala fides - Whether actions of first appellant breached fundamental and constitutional rights of respondents - Whether pith and substance approach was proper approach in adjudicating matter - Wednesbury principle - Whether court obliged to provide relief when fundamental guarantee provisions breached - Whether High Court constitutionally duty bound and seized with jurisdiction - Federal Constitution, art. 7
Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan & Ors v. Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Mah Weng Kwai, Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 461 [CA]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Cross appeal - Whether cross-appeal must relate directly to appeal - Appellant appealing against part of decision refusing to grant specific performance - Respondent cross appealing against finding of valid contract - Whether cross appeal must be limited to the issue of specific performance - Whether respondent ought to have filed separate notice of appeal - Rules of the Court of Appeal 1994, rr. 5, 8, Form 2
Leisure Farm Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Kabushiki Kaisha Ngu & Ors
(David Wong Dak Wah, Varghese George, Badariah Sahamid JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 489 [CA]

Jurisdiction - High Court - Parties married under Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Husband converted to Islam and applied for dissolution of marriage and custody of children to Syariah Court - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine matters relating to non-Muslim marriages - Whether civil court has jurisdiction when one party in marriage converted to Islam - Federal Constitution, art. 3
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 525 [CA]

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Courts - Jurisdiction - Conflict of jurisdiction between civil and Syariah Court - Petition for dissolution of marriage and order for custody of children - Syariah Court dissolved marriage and granted order for custody of children - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine matters arising from marriage registered and solemnised under Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Federal Constitution, art. 121(1A)
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 525 [CA]

Courts - Jurisdiction - Conflict of jurisdiction between civil and Syariah Court - Petition for dissolution of marriage and order for custody of children - Syariah Court dissolved marriage and granted order for custody of children - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine matters arising from marriage registered and solemnised under Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Whether civil court has jurisdiction when one party in marriage converted to Islam - Whether High Court has power to set aside Syariah Court orders - Federal Constitution, art. 121(1A)
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam; Peguam Negara Malaysia & Anor (Intervener)
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 537 [CA]

Federal and state law - Conflict - Matters of Islamic law - Third respondent charged under s. 13 Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997 - Offence of disseminating and distributing books deemed contrary to Islamic Law - Whether offence against precepts of Islam which specifically covers Muslims only a criminal law envisaged under the Constitution - Whether any law applied wrongfully by Federal or any State Government or its agencies must be corrected through judicial review process - Whether court obliged to provide relief when fundamental guarantee provisions breached
Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan & Ors v. Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd & Ors
(Mah Weng Kwai, Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 461 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Murder - Defence - Cumulative provocation - Relevant consideration - Whether there were a series of provocation accumulated amounting to grave and sudden provocation - Whether respondent deprived of power of self control - Whether reasonable man placed in similar situation would lose self control - Whether defence ought to be rejected - Penal Code, s. 300 Exception 1
PP v. Subir Gole
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Varghese George, Prasad Sandosham Abraham JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 505 [CA]

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Reduction of charge _Trial judge reduced charge to one under s. 304(b) of Penal Code - Defence of cumulative provocation - Whether there were a series of provocation accumulated amounting to grave and sudden provocation - Whether trial judge erred in accepting defence - Whether appellate intervention warranted
PP v. Subir Gole
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Varghese George, Prasad Sandosham Abraham JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 505 [CA]

Penal Code - Section 304(a) - Culpable homicide - Stabbing deceased with knife causing death - Conviction and sentence - Appeal against - Burden of proof - Deliberations on s. 182A Criminal Procedure Code - Whether trial judge considered evidence tendered by defence - Whether there were discrepancies in evidence given by prosecution witnesses - Interested witnesses - Credibility of - Whether trial judge committed error in amending charge - Whether there was compliance of s. 162 Criminal Procedure Code - Whether judgment handed down by trial judge met requirements of s. 308 Criminal Procedure Code - Whether sentence imposed manifestly excessive or inadequate
Deepanraj Subramanian v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Zakaria Sam JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 439 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Conviction and sentence - Culpable homicide - Stabbing deceased with knife causing death - Conviction and sentence - Appeal against - Burden of proof - Deliberations on s. 182A Criminal Procedure Code - Whether trial judge considered evidence tendered by defence - Whether there were discrepancies in evidence given by prosecution witnesses - Interested witnesses - Credibility of - Whether trial judge committed error in amending charge - Whether there was compliance of s. 162 Criminal Procedure Code - Whether judgment handed down by trial judge met requirements of s. 308 Criminal Procedure Code - Whether sentence imposed manifestly excessive or inadequate - Penal Code, s. 304(a)
Deepanraj Subramanian v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Zakaria Sam JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 439 [CA]

Charge - Defective charge - Charge read that offence committed under s. 3A Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 - Duplicity of charge - Whether particulars of offence pointed to both offences under ss. 3 and 3A - Whether ran foul of s. 163 Criminal Procedure Code - Whether there was error or omission to state ingredients of offence - Whether accused misled - Whether there was a failure of justice - Whether defect in charge could be cured - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 156 & 422 - Whether conviction a nullity
Ravindran Ramasamy v. PP
(Abdull Hamid Embong, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Zainun Ali, Jeffrey Tan, Azahar Mohamed FCJJ) [2015] 3 CLJ 421 [FC]

Charge - Duplicity of - Charge read that offence committed under s. 3A Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 - Whether particulars of offence pointed to both offences under ss. 3 and 3A - Whether ran foul of s. 163 Criminal Procedure Code - Whether accused an accomplice or principal offender - Whether accused could be separately charged and tried under ss. 3 and 3A - Whether proper to state s. 34 Penal Code in charge - Whether there was error or omission to state ingredients of offence - Whether accused misled - Whether there was a failure of justice - Whether defect in charge could be cured - Criminal Procedure Code, ss. 156 & 422 - Whether conviction a nullity
Ravindran Ramasamy v. PP
(Abdull Hamid Embong, Suriyadi Halim Omar, Zainun Ali, Jeffrey Tan, Azahar Mohamed FCJJ) [2015] 3 CLJ 421 [FC]

Charge - Reduction of - Trial judge reduced charge to one under s. 304(b) of Penal Code - Intention to murder - Eye witness testimony - Whether there were a series of provocation accumulated amounting to grave and sudden provocation - Whether there was sufficient evidence to establish charge of murder - Whether trial judge erred in reducing charge
PP v. Subir Gole
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Varghese George, Prasad Sandosham Abraham JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 505 [CA]

Conviction - Amended charge - Original charge for murder reduced to culpable homicide not amounting to murder - Whether trial judge committed error in amending charge - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 162 - Whether complied with
Deepanraj Subramanian v. PP
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Zakaria Sam JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 439 [CA]

FAMILY LAW

Custody - Jurisdiction - Husband converted to Islam and applied for dissolution of marriage and custody of children at Syariah Court - Syariah Court dissolved marriage and granted custody to husband - Whether civil court could set aside orders granted by Syariah Court - Whether civil court has jurisdiction when one party in marriage converted to Islam - Whether civil court could grant custody order of children by relying on s. 51(2) of Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Whether civil court deprived by Guardianship of Infants Act 1961 to hear matter when parties are Muslims
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 525 [CA]

Custody - Jurisdiction - Husband converted to Islam and applied for dissolution of marriage and custody of children at Syariah Court - Syariah Court dissolved marriage and granted custody to husband - Whether civil court has jurisdiction when one party in marriage converted to Islam - Whether High Court has power to set aside Syariah Court order - Whether husband met threshold under s. 53, Child Act 2001
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam; Peguam Negara Malaysia & Anor (Intervener)
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 537 [CA]

Divorce - Jurisdiction of court to hear petition - Dissolution of marriage and custody of children - Parties married under Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Husband converted to Islam and applied for dissolution of marriage and custody of children at Syariah Court - Syariah Court dissolved marriage and granted custody to husband - Whether orders granted by Syariah Court valid
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 525 [CA]

Divorce - Jurisdiction of court to hear petition - Dissolution of marriage and custody of children - Parties married under Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Husband converted to Islam and applied for dissolution of marriage and custody of children at Syariah Court - Syariah Court dissolved marriage and granted custody to husband - Whether orders granted by Syariah Court valid - Whether civil court could set aside orders of Syariah Court
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam; Peguam Negara Malaysia & Anor (Intervener)
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 537 [CA]

ISLAMIC LAW

Jurisdiction - Syariah Court - Parties married under Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 - Husband converted to Islam and applied for dissolution of marriage and custody of children to Syariah Court - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine matters relating to non-Muslim marriages
Viran Nagapan v. Deepa Subramaniam; Peguam Negara Malaysia & Anor (Intervener)
(Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahim, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, Ahmadi Asnawi JJCA) [2015] 3 CLJ 537 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

ANGKATAN TENTERA

Kecuaian - Kerosakan - Tanah plaintif digunakan sebagai zon penampan - Aktiviti menembak di tanah bersebelahan - Sama ada Kerajaan Malaysia boleh dinamakan secara sendirian dalam tindakan - Sama ada plaintif seharusnya menamakan pegawai-pegawai yang bertanggungjawab atas perlakuan tort berkenaan - Sama ada pihak tentera masih mengadakan latihan menembak selepas tanah plaintif dipulang balik - Sama ada tanah plaintif digunakan untuk manuver tentera - Sama ada plaintif mengalami kerugian dan kerosakan - Sama ada tuntutan dibuktikan - Akta Manuver Tentera 1983, s. 7(3)
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

HAD MASA

Akta Perlindungan Pihak Berkuasa Awam 1948 - Sama ada tindakan dihalang oleh had masa - Sama ada plaintif perlu memfailkan tindakan dalam tempoh 36 bulan daripada kausa tindakan bermula - Sama ada defendan telah melakukan tindakan yang menyalahi undang-undang - Sama ada s. 2(a) terpakai
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

PERKATAAN DAN ISTILAH

"manuver tentera" - Makna - Akta Manuver Tentera 1983 , s. 2 - Sama ada latihan menembak boleh ditafsirkan sebagai aktiviti manuver tentera
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

PROSEDUR SIVIL

Pihak-pihak - Kerajaan, tindakan terhadap - Tindakan berasaskan tort - Sama ada plaintif menamakan Kerajaan Malaysia secara sendirian - Sama ada Kerajaan boleh dikaitkan sebagai pelaku tort utama - Sama ada tindakan melibatkan pelaksanaan kuasa pentadbiran - Sama ada plaintif seharusnya menamakan pegawai-pegawai yang bertanggungjawab atas perlakuan tort berkenaan - Akta Prosiding Kerajaan 1956, ss. 4, 5 & 6 - Sama ada dipatuhi - Sama ada kegagalan menamakan agen atau pelaku tort membawa padah kepada tuntutan plaintif
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

TORT

Kacau ganggu - Tanah plaintif digunakan sebagai zon penampan - Aktiviti menembak di tanah bersebelahan - Sama ada pihak tentera masih mengadakan latihan menembak selepas tanah plaintif dipulang balik - Sama ada tanah plaintif digunakan untuk manuver tentera - Sama ada langkah-langkah keselamatan diambil untuk menghalang peluru-peluru memasuki tanah plaintif - Sama ada depot simpanan peluru menyebabkan kacau ganggu atas tanah plaintif - Sama ada plaintif mengalami kerugian
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

Kecuaian - Kerosakan - Tanah plaintif digunakan sebagai zon penampan - Aktiviti menembak di tanah bersebelahan - Sama ada aktiviti-aktiviti defendan menyebabkan kerugian dan kerosakan kepada plaintif - Sama ada dibuktikan
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

Kemungkiran kewajipan statutori - Tanggungjawab untuk memperbaiki dan memulihkan tanah - Tanah plaintif digunakan sebagai zon penampan - Aktiviti menembak di tanah bersebelahan - Sama ada defendan mempunyai tugas statutori di bawah s. 7(3) Akta Manuver Tentera 1983 untuk membaiki dan memulihkan sehampir yang mungkin tanah plaintif - Sama ada s. 7(3) hanya terpakai untuk kawasan manuver dan bukannya untuk kawasan menembak
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

Pencerobohan atas tanah - Tanah plaintif digunakan sebagai zon penampan - Aktiviti menembak di tanah bersebelahan - Sama ada terdapat bukti bahawa pengkhidmat defendan telah memasuki dan mencerobohi tanah plaintif - Sama ada defendan bertanggungjawab di bawah Akta Manuver Tentera 1983 untuk mengeluarkan sijil penyelesaian pembersihan lapang sasar kepada plaintif - Terra Damansara Sdn Bhd v. Nandex Development
Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr M Mahadevan A Mahalingam lwn. Kerajaan Malaysia
(Abu Bakar Katar PK) [2015] 3 CLJ 547 [HC]

ARTICLE

Legal Network Series Article(s)

1. CORPORATE LAW
    THE IMPACT OF THE ABOLISHMENT OF AUTHORISED SHARE
    CAPITAL AND THE INTRODUCTION TO A NO-PAR VALUE REGIME* ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: JOANNE CHONG FOONG TENG [2015] 1 LNS(A) xxxi

2. THE ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE ON TRADE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION:
    AN EQUILIBRIUM FOR HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY ^{[Read excerpt]}
    by: AHMAD S. SACKOR* [2015] 1 LNS(A) xxxii

LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
AKTA 766	Akta Penghasilan Bersih Perjanjian Kewangan 2015	30 Mac 2015 [PU(B) 131/2015]	-Nil-
ACT 766	Netting Of Financial Agreements Act 2015	30 March 2015 [PU(B) 131/2015]	-Nil-
AKTA 765	Akta Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Pentadbiran) 2015	20 February 2015 [PU(B) 37/2015]	-Nil-
ACT 765	Malaysian Airline System Berhad (Administration) Act 2015	20 February 2015 [PU(B) 37/2015]	-Nil-
ACT 764	Finance (No. 2) Act 2014	The Income Tax Act 1967 [Act 53] see s 3; The Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967 [Act 543] see s 24; The Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 [Act 169] see s 27	-Nil-

Amending Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
ACT A1481	Quantity Surveyors (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 487
ACT A1480	Architects (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force except for paragraphs 3(d) and (p) and section 23 come into operation on 1 June 2015	ACT 117
ACT A1479	Registration Of Engineers (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 138
ACT A1478	Companies Commission Of Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2015	20 February 2015 [PU(B) 45/2015] except sections 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15	ACT 614
ACT A1477	Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Act 2015	Not Yet In Force	ACT 743

PU(A)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(A) 78/2015	Postal Services (Licensing) Regulations 2015	14 April 2015	15 April 2015	ACT 741
PU(A) 77/2015	Postal Services (Universal Service) Regulations 2015	14 April 2015	15 April 2015	ACT 741
PU(A) 76/2015	Water Services Industry (Water Reticulation And Plumbing) (Amendment) Rules 2015	14 April 2015	15 April 2015 except subparagraph 2(a)(ii) and subsubparagraph 2(b)(i)(B) come into operation on 14 April 2017	PU(A) 36/2014
PU(A) 75/2015	Printing Presses And Publications (Control Of Undesirable Publications) (No. 10) Order 2015	10 April 2015	11 April 2015	ACT 301
PU(A) 74/2015	Printing Presses And Publications (Control Of Undesirable Publications) (No. 9) Order 2015	10 April 2015	11 April 2015	ACT 301

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 163/2015	Appointment Of Member Of Pardons Board	13 April 2015	23 February 2015 until 22 February 2018	ACT 000
PU(B) 162/2015	Notice Regarding The Supplementary Electoral Roll For The Fourth Quarter Of The Year 2014 That Has Been Certified	13 April 2015	10 April 2015	PU(A) 293/2002
PU(B) 161/2015	Determination Of Electoral Roll For The By-Election Of P. 091 Rompin	10 April 2015	11 April 2015	PU(A) 293/2002
PU(B) 160/2015	Notice To Hold A By-Election Of A Member Of The Dewan Rakyat Of The State Of Pahang For The Constituency Of P. 091 Rompin	10 April 2015	30 April 2015 - advance polling day; 5 May 2015 - polling day	PU(A) 386/1981
PU(B) 159/2015	Notification Under Subregulation 3(3)	10 April 2015	10 April 2015	PU(A) 185/2003

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