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PP v. MOHD DZAHIR AHMAD
COURT OF APPEAL, PUTRAJAYA
BALIA YUSOF WAHI JCA, ROHANA YUSUF JCA, TENGKU MAIMUN TUAN MAT JCA
[CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: K-05-23-01-2013]
30 DECEMBER 2014
CRIMINAL LAW: Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Offence of trafficking - Accused person acquitted and discharged - Appeal against - Drugs found in house frequented by other persons - Defence of no knowledge - Whether reasonable doubt cast on prosecution's case - Whether Judicial Commissioner (`JC') erred when re-evaluating on issue of possession - Whether JC considered and evaluated defence evidence sufficiently - Whether there was failure to establish prima facie case against accused person - Whether JC's judgment should be upheld - Whether accused person entitled to order of acquittal and discharge
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: Appeal - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Offence of trafficking in dangerous drugs - Drugs found in house frequented by other persons - Defence of no knowledge - Whether reasonable doubt cast on prosecution's case - Whether Judicial Commissioner (`JC') erred when re-evaluating on issue of possession - Whether JC considered and evaluated defence evidence sufficiently - Whether there was failure to establish prima facie case against accused person - Whether JC's judgment should be upheld - Whether accused person entitled to order of acquittal and discharge
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PP lwn. ALI JALAYERIDARBANDI MOUSA & SATU LAGI
KETERANGAN: Ekshibit - Pemutusan rantaian keterangan - Perbezaan barang kes yang dirampas - Perbezaan berat dadah - Sama ada perbezaan dalam jumlah berat dadah yang telah dirampas menimbulkan keraguan dan memutuskan rantaian keterangan kes pendakwaaan
PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Mens rea - Inferen daripda fakta - Pengetahuan berkenaan dadah - Serbuk-serbuk kristal diikat pada kedua-dua belah kaki dengan kemas - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai pengetahuan berkenaan dadah
UNDANG-UNDANG JENAYAH: Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952 - Seksyen 39B(1)(a) - Pengedaran dadah berbahaya - Dadah jenis methamphetamine seberat 203.9 gram dan 269.7 gram - Sama ada tertuduh telah melakukan kesalahan di bawah s. 39B(1)(a) - Sama ada semua intipati di bawah s. 39B(1)(a) telah dibuktikan - Sama ada tertuduh mempunyai jagaan dan kawalan dadah - Sama ada dadah yang dimiliki oleh tertuduh adalah untuk tujuan pengedaran
ASRI KASIM lwn. PP & KES YANG LAIN
KETERANGAN: Rasuah - Penerimaan rasuah oleh pegawai badan awam - Wang perangkap - Kegagalan mencatit tarikh dan masa wang perangkap diserahkan kepada pengadu - Sama ada terdapat kelompangan yang memihak kepada tertuduh
KETERANGAN: Saski - Kredibiliti - Saksi bebas - Motif niat jahat - Sama ada saksi-saksi mempunyai motif niat jahat untuk mengenakan atau menganiaya tertuduh - Sama ada saksi-saksi mempunyai sebarang kepentingan
PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Hukuman - Kesalahan penerimaan rasuah - Hukuman pemenjaraan minima 14 hari - Kepentingan awam - Hal-ehwal keseluruhan keadaan - Sama ada hukuman minima membawa sebarang kesan pencegahan kepada pesalah rasuah - Sama ada hukuman minima 14 hari telah mengambil kira hal-ehwal keseluruhan keadaan dan kepentingan awam
WONG CHEE KHEONG lwn. PP
KETERANGAN: Saksi - Keterangan saksi yang tidak disoal balas - Saksi menghilangkan diri sebelum pemeriksaan utama selesai - Sama ada keterangan saksi yang tidak menghabiskan keterangannya dan gagal disoal balas boleh diterima - Sama ada s. 32 Akta Keterangan 1950 terpakai
PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Pendakwaan - Pemanggilan saksi - Sama ada kegagalan memanggil saksi telah menjejaskan kes pendakwaan - Sama ada terdapat keperluan untuk memanggil saksi untuk membuktikan kes pendakwaan
PROSEDUR JENAYAH: Rayuan - Hukuman - Faktor kepentingan awam - Kesalahan di bawah s. 84(1) Akta Perindustrian Sekuriti 1983 - Hukuman 24 bulan penjara dan denda 3 juta, jika gagal 6 bulan penjara - Sama ada hukuman yang telah dikenakan terlampau - Sama ada kesalahan yang telah dilakukan adalah serius dan membawa kesan langsung dan buruk kepada ekonomi negara
TEOH SIK KAI v. PEMBANGUNAN BPSP SDN BHD & ANOR
CONTRACT: Mistake - Mutual/common mistake - Sale and purchase transaction of Lots 2008 and 2009 between 2nd defendant and deceased - Lands burial ground belonging to Daniel Logan - Whether made under common mistake of fact and therefore a void contract - Whether the two lots of land were the same land meant by parties - Whether any mutual mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement – Whether Contracts Act 1950, s. 21 applied
CONTRACT: Performance - Processing transfer of land from Daniel Logan to the 2nd defendant or the deceased - Whether s. 38 of the Contracts Act 1950 applied - Whether defendants' respective promise could be facilitated via an application for rectification of the titles - Defendants' failure to effect transfer - Whether defendants in breach of the agreement - Whether defendants liable to plaintiff for damages - Contracts Act 1950, s. 74
LAND LAW: Sale of land - Transfer - Deceased purchased Lots 2008 and 2009 from 2nd defendant - Whether plaintiff as administrator of the deceased's estate was the rightful beneficiary to Lots 2008 and 2009 - Whether defendants bound to effect transfer of Lots 2008 and 2009 into deceased's name or plaintiff as administrator of the deceased's estate
TRADELIFT INDOPALM INDUSTRIES SDN BHD v. WARIS SELESA SDN BHD
COMPANY LAW: Winding up - Petition - Affidavit in opposition - Filed one day before date of hearing - Non-compliance with r. 30(1) of the Companies (Winding Up) Rules 1972 - Whether affidavit admissible - Whether inability of respondent company to pay debt presumed
COMPANY LAW: Winding up - Petition - Tender of third party cheque to settle petitioner's debt - Whether presumption of insolvency rebutted - Four creditors supported petition - Whether payment to petitioner alone would constitute a preferential payment to detriment of creditors - Eleventh hour attempts by respondent to bring in new partners and investors - Whether a breach of s. 223 of the Companies Act 1965
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Audrey Gertrude De Souza v. Sunway D'mont Kiara Sdn Bhd
(Contract Law - Use of wrong sale and purchase agreement - Whether contravention of Regulations went to substance of contract) [2015] 4 CLJ 853 [CA]PP v. Ling Leh Hoe
(Criminal Procedure - Sentencing - Whether plea of guilt automatically entitled accused person to lesser punishment) [2015] 4 CLJ 869 [CA]PP v. Mohd Dzahir Ahmad
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Whether there was failure to establish prima facie case against accused person) [2015] 4 CLJ 880 [CA]Sundarajan Sokalingam v. Fredrick Indran XA Nicholas; Badan Peguam Malaysia (Intervener)
(Legal Profession - Disciplinary Committee - Findings - Whether complied with provisions and rules of Legal Profession Act 1976) [2015] 4 CLJ 892 [CA]Wong Kuan Kay v. Rohaizad Othman & Anor; Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah (Third Party) & Another Appeal
(Damages; Tort - Quantum - Action for recovery of loss and damages for personal injury) [2015] 4 CLJ 902 [CA]HIGH COURT
Ann Joo Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Chye Hup Seng Sdn Bhd
(Company Law - Winding up - Application for validation order pursuant to s. 223 Companies Act 1965) [2015] 4 CLJ 916 [HC]Dato' Abd Halim Ali & Anor v. Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Tort; Civil Procedure; Evidence - Defamation - Libel - Determination of natural and ordinary meaning of alleged defamatory words) [2015] 4 CLJ 928 [HC]Syarikat Steelcon Sdn Bhd v. Kee Cheng Teck
(Tort - Malicious prosecution - Filing of winding up petition against solvent company) [2015] 4 CLJ 968 [HC]Tradimas Sdn Bhd v. Metrobrite Engineering Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Partnership - Dispute as to existence - Essential elements of partnership) [2015] 4 CLJ 995 [HC]SUBJECT INDEX
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Pleadings - Defamation - Defects in pleading - Striking out - Failure to state specific words complained of alleged to be defamatory - Whether pleaded case embarrassing and defective - Whether failure to specify which parts of impugned article were defamatory would render pleading as defective and liable to be struck out
Dato' Abd Halim Ali & Anor v. Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Kamaludin Md Said J) [2015] 4 CLJ 928 [HC]COMPANY LAW
Winding up - Disposition of properties - Validation order - Application for validation order pursuant to s. 223 Companies Act 1965 - Application by way of notice of application - Whether procedurally wrong and could not stand - Whether should be by way of notice of motion - Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1972, r. 7(1) - Applicant's action in making and filing application without leave - Whether allowed - Companies Act 1965, s. 226(2)
Ann Joo Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Chye Hup Seng Sdn Bhd
(Abu Bakar Jais JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 916 [HC]Winding up - Disposition of properties - Validation order - Application for validation order pursuant to s. 223 Companies Act 1965 - Company wound up before agreements signed - Whether transactions beneficial to general body of creditors - Whether there was honest and good intention in executing transactions - Whether validation of agreements should be granted - Res judicata - Whether applicable
Ann Joo Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Chye Hup Seng Sdn Bhd
(Abu Bakar Jais JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 916 [HC]CONTRACT LAW
Breach - Sale and purchase agreement, breach of - Use of wrong sale and purchase agreement - Effect of contravention of Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 - Whether appellant's failure to pay balance of purchase price entitled respondent to terminate SPA - Whether contravention of Regulations went to substance of contract - Whether contravention rendered SPA null and void or voidable
Audrey Gertrude De Souza v. Sunway D'mont Kiara Sdn Bhd
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 853 [CA]CRIMINAL LAW
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Offence of trafficking - Accused person acquitted and discharged - Appeal against - Drugs found in house frequented by other persons - Defence of no knowledge - Whether reasonable doubt cast on prosecution's case - Whether Judicial Commissioner ('JC') erred when re-evaluating on issue of possession - Whether JC considered and evaluated defence evidence sufficiently - Whether there was failure to establish prima facie case against accused person - Whether JC's judgment should be upheld - Whether accused person entitled to order of acquittal and discharge
PP v. Mohd Dzahir Ahmad
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 880 [CA]CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Appeal - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Offence of trafficking in dangerous drugs - Drugs found in house frequented by other persons - Defence of no knowledge - Whether reasonable doubt cast on prosecution's case - Whether Judicial Commissioner ('JC') erred when re-evaluating on issue of possession - Whether JC considered and evaluated defence evidence sufficiently - Whether there was failure to establish prima facie case against accused person - Whether JC's judgment should be upheld - Whether accused person entitled to order of acquittal and discharge
PP v. Mohd Dzahir Ahmad
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Rohana Yusuf, Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 880 [CA]Appeal - Appeal against sentence - Appeal by prosecution - Accused person pleaded guilty to alternative charge under Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Possession of drugs - High Court sentenced accused person to 80 months' imprisonment for alternative charge - Whether sentence adequate - Whether reflected public interest - Whether guilty plea automatically warranted lesser punishment - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, ss. 6, 12(2), 12(3) & 39A(2)
PP v. Ling Leh Hoe
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Idrus Harun, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 869 [CA]Sentencing - Plea of guilty - Accused person pleaded guilty to alternative charge under Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Possession of drugs - High Court sentenced accused person to 80 months imprisonment for alternative charge - Whether plea of guilt automatically entitled accused person to lesser punishment - Whether sentence adequate and reflected public interest
PP v. Ling Leh Hoe
(Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Idrus Harun, Abdul Rahman Sebli JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 869 [CA]DAMAGES
Quantum - Multiplier - Road accident - Action for recovery of loss and damages for personal injury - Motorbus driven by first defendant collided into motorcycle ridden by plaintiff when first defendant tried to avoid potholes - Local authority brought in as third party to indemnify sums that might be awarded to plaintiff - Sessions Court apportioned 80% blame to defendants and 20% to third party - Decision affirmed by High Court - Appeal against quantum by all parties - Whether discount for contingencies reasonable
Wong Kuan Kay v. Rohaizad Othman & Anor; Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah (Third Party) & Another Appeal
(Mohd Hishamudin Yunus, Mohd Zawawi Salleh, Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 902 [CA]EVIDENCE
Burden of proof - Defamation - Proving actual or express malice - Whether onus in proving on person who asserts existence of actual or express malice - Whether plaintiffs must establish that defendants were actuated by dominant desire to injure plaintiffs
Dato' Abd Halim Ali & Anor v. Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Kamaludin Md Said J) [2015] 4 CLJ 928 [HC]LEGAL PROFESSION
Disciplinary Committee - Findings - Disciplinary Committee constituted for inquiry of Advocate and Solicitor's misconduct - Findings and recommendation of Disciplinary Committee came two years and seven months after conclusion of inquiry - Advocate and Solicitor suspended for 12 months by Perak Bar Committee - Period of suspension reduced to six months by High Court upon appeal - Whether two year term of Disciplinary Committee had expired - Whether Chairman of Disciplinary Committee applied for extension of term - Whether complied with provisions and rules of Legal Profession Act 1976
Sundarajan Sokalingam v. Fredrick Indran XA Nicholas; Badan Peguam Malaysia (Intervener)
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Mohamad Ariff Yusof, Idrus Harun JJCA) [2015] 4 CLJ 892 [CA]PARTNERSHIP
Existence Of Partnership - Dispute as to existence - Essential elements of partnership - Whether present and satisfied - Whether relationship of parties was one of partnership - Partnership Act 1961, s. 3
Tradimas Sdn Bhd v. Metrobrite Engineering Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Mairin Idang JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 995 [HC]TORT
Abuse of process - Elements of action - Filing of winding up petition against solvent company - Whether tort of malicious prosecution established - Whether company only entitled to nominal damages for failure to prove losses and for refusal to pay judgment sum
Syarikat Steelcon Sdn Bhd v. Kee Cheng Teck
(Azimah Omar JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 968 [HC]Damages - Nominal damages - Failure of company to prove losses - Whether only nominal damages to be awarded despite liability being established
Syarikat Steelcon Sdn Bhd v. Kee Cheng Teck
(Azimah Omar JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 968 [HC]Defamation - Defences - Fair comment and qualified privilege - Defeating defence - Existence of malice - Whether malice defeats defence
Dato' Abd Halim Ali & Anor v. Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Kamaludin Md Said J) [2015] 4 CLJ 928 [HC]Defamation - Libel - Newspaper article - Determination of natural and ordinary meaning of alleged defamatory words - Whether words complained of referred to plaintiffs - Whether impugned articles in their natural and ordinary sense carry defamatory imputations
Dato' Abd Halim Ali & Anor v. Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd & Anor
(Kamaludin Md Said J) [2015] 4 CLJ 928 [HC]Malicious prosecution - Elements of action - Filing of winding up petition against solvent company - Whether tort of malicious prosecution established - Whether company only entitled to nominal damages for failure to prove losses and for refusal to pay judgment sum
Syarikat Steelcon Sdn Bhd v. Kee Cheng Teck
(Azimah Omar JC) [2015] 4 CLJ 968 [HC]Road accident - Liability - Action for recovery of loss and damages for personal injury - Motorbus driven by first defendant collided into motorcycle ridden by plaintiff when first defendant tried to avoid potholes - Local authority brought in as third party to indemnify sums that might be awarded to plaintiff - Sessions Court apportioned 80% blame to defendants and 20% to third party - Whether first defendant could have avoided accident had he kept proper lookout - Whether third party aware of potholes on road - Whether third party took necessary measures to maintain and repair potholes on road
Wong Kuan Kay v. Rohaizad Othman & Anor; Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah (Third Party) & Another Appeal
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