Legal Network Series

[2013] 1 LNS 611	NIRMALA ARASANAYAGAM lwn. DR RAJASINGAM RATNASAMY	UNDANG-UNDANG KELUARGA: Perceraian - Prosiding sampingan - Permohonan pembatalan dan penahanan perpindahan hartanah - Kuasa mahkamah untuk membatalkan dan menahan pelupusan harta yang boleh menjejaskan tuntutan nafkah - Sama ada pemohon telah membuktikan kewujudan tindakan atau percubaan untuk melupuskan hartanah oleh responden - Akta Memperbaharui Undang-Undang (Perkahwinan dan Perceraian) 1976, s. 102
[2013] 1 LNS 623	HANIFAH TEO AND ASSOCIATES (suing as a firm) lwn. BDO BINDER (sued as a firm) & SATU LAGI; CHEW CHONG EU & SATU LAGI (PIHAK KETIGA)	PERKONGSIAN: Kewujudan perkongsian - Pertikaian berkenaan perkongsian - Pekongsi yang berkongsi keuntungan syarikat - Sama ada pekongsi yang berkongsi keuntungan syarikat perlu mendaftarkan dirinya secara rasmi dalam perkongsian - Sama ada terdapat sebarang keadaan yang menunjukkan kedudukan sebagai pekongsi PERKONGSIAN: Kuasa - Kuasa untuk mengambil tindakan guaman - Tindakan guaman setelah pembubaran perkongsian - Sama ada tindakan guaman boleh dimulakan atas nama firma perkongsian yang telah dibubarkan - Sama ada persetujuan pekongsi yang lain diperlukan dalam memulakan tindakan guaman atas nama firma perkongsian yang telah dibubarkan
[2013] 1 LNS 1147	CHAN FONG CHENG v. AUNFU FIBRE BOARD (M) SDN BHD & ORS	CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judgments and orders - Order of court - Setting aside, application for - Order directing 2nd and 3rd defendants to purchase plaintiff's shares and for production of books of the Company - Whether service of the Originating Summons was regular - Whether there was a defence on the merits - Whether an arguable case of oppression disclosed COMPANY LAW: Oppression - Conduct amounting to oppression - EGM called to consider resolution to sell two pieces of land together with factory built on it without notice to plaintiff - Whether amounted to oppressive conduct, conduct in disregard of plaintiff's interests as a minority shareholder, unfairly discriminatory conduct or prejudicial conduct against her - 2nd and the 3rd defendants were directors - Whether they had a duty of full and frank disclosure regarding the sale and price to plaintiff and other shareholders
[2014] 1 LNS 260	SUNRISE BENCHMARK SDN BHD v. PENTADBIR TANAH PEJABAT TANAH DAN GALIAN WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR	LAND LAW: Title - Express condition on Master Title - Appeal to order the Registrar to correct entry on Master Title under s. 380 of the National Land Code 1965 (NLC) - Express condition on Master Title provided for development of residential units - Amended Development Order approved commercial use of the Land - Whether error was on the Amended Development Order and the RS Plan no. RS522/2004 approved by defendant which gave plaintiff approval to build shophouses in contravention of the express condition on the Master Title - Whether plaintiff should have applied to the State Authority under s. 124(1)(a) of the NLC to change the express condition on the Master Title to include "commercial" land use - Whether proper for the Court to usurp the statutory powers of the State Authority under the NLC to impose any express condition and restriction in interest upon alienation of any land
[2014] 1 LNS 877	ABD LATIFF ZAINOL ABIDIN & ORS v. LEMBAGA TABUNG HAJI	LABOUR LAW: Employment - Retirement - Plaintiffs voluntarily opted to retire under the Skim Pesaraan Awal Sukarela (SPAS) and was paid the SPAS payment - Whether defendant should pay plaintiffs the approved gratuity payment (AP) which was introduced after their retirement - Whether there was full and final settlement and closure to plaintiff's' entitlement to employment and retirement benefits from defendant, as the employer - Whether plaintiffs estopped from re-opening the matter to ask for the AP as a further benefit - Whether plaintiffs legally entitled to the AP payment

CLJ 2014 Volume 8 (Part 3)

COURT

COURT OF APPEAL

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd v. Berjaya Sompo Insurance Berhad
Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Varghese George JJCA
(Insurance - Insurance clause - Construction of) [2014] 8 CLJ 265 [CA]

Positive Vision Labuan Limited v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri & Other Appeals
Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA
(Revenue Law; Civil Procedure; Words & Phrases - Income tax - Exemption) [2014] 8 CLJ 285 [CA]

PP v. Suraj Bahadur Sunar
Balia Yusof Wahi, Tengku Maimun, Mohd Zawawi Salleh JJCA
(Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure - Murder - Insanity) [2014] 8 CLJ 304 [CA]

Teoh Kim Heng v. Tan Ong Ban
Abdul Malik Ishak, Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali JJCA
(Land Law - Sale and purchase of property - Indefeasibility of title) [2014] 8 CLJ 316 [CA]

HIGH COURT

Eng Ee Ee lwn. Hew Ah Choo & Kes Yang Lain
Zainal Azman Abdul Aziz H
(Kontrak - Penamatan - Kesahan) [2014] 8 CLJ 326 [HC]

Khalid Yusoff v. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (Bernama) & Ors
Yeoh Wee Siam J
(Tort - Defamation - Publication of defamatory words) [2014] 8 CLJ 337 [HC]

Prema Ganason & Anor v. Ravindran Tharumalinggam & Ors
Lee Heng Cheong JC
(Tort - Assault and battery - Gun injury) [2014] 8 CLJ 363 [HC]

Tenaga Nasional Berhad v. Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors
Vernon Ong J
(Administrative Law - Exercise of administrative powers - Jurisdiction) [2014] 8 CLJ 387 [HC]

Ting Chong Ing & Satu Lagi lwn. KH Management Sdn Bhd
Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali PK
(Undang-undang Syarikat - Penggulungan - Adil dan saksama) [2014] 8 CLJ 399 [HC]

SUBJECT INDEX

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

Exercise of administrative powers - Jurisdiction - State Authority - Appeal provisions under ss. 11(7) and 16(2) of the Electricity Supply Act 1990 - Whether provided for appeal procedure - Whether State Authority misdirected in law - Whether acted within jurisdiction
Tenaga Nasional Berhad v. Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors
(Vernon Ong J) [2014] 8 CLJ 387 [HC]

Remedies - Certiorari - Power of Tenaga National Bhd to enter land for purposes of construction - State Authority suggested for land to be acquired under Land Acquisition Act 1960 - Whether State Authority acted within jurisdiction - Electricity Supply Act 1990, ss. 11, 13 & 16(2)
Tenaga Nasional Berhad v. Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor & Ors
(Vernon Ong J) [2014] 8 CLJ 387 [HC]

CIVIL PROCEDURE

Judicial review - Certiorari - Director General of Inland Revenue ('DGIR') decision against tax exemption - Application for judicial review against decision of DGIR _ Whether companies qualified for exemption under ITA - Whether DGIR's decision legal and constitutional - Rules of the High Court 1980, O. 53
Positive Vision Labuan Limited v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri & Other Appeals
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 285 [CA]

CRIMINAL LAW

Penal Code - Section 302 - Murder - Insanity - Whether respondent suffering from mental illness - Whether respondent exhibited behaviour showing syndromes of depressive disorder with psychotic features - Whether trial judge erred in finding respondent was of unsound mind - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 348(1) - Penal Code, ss. 84, 302
PP v. Suraj Bahadur Sunar
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Tengku Maimun, Mohd Zawawi Salleh JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 304 [CA]

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

Appeal - Findings of fact by trial judge - Murder - Insanity - Defence of - Whether trial judge misdirected himself in finding respondent had successfully raised defence of insanity - Whether respondent proved to be suffering from mental illness - Whether respondent exhibited behaviour showing syndromes of depressive disorder with psychotic features - Whether trial judge erred in finding respondent was of unsound mind - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 348(1) - Penal Code, ss. 84, 302
PP v. Suraj Bahadur Sunar
(Balia Yusof Wahi, Tengku Maimun, Mohd Zawawi Salleh JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 304 [CA]

INSURANCE

Insurance clause - Construction of - Claim for indemnity under policy against insurer - Misappropriation of money by fraudulent means by employee of insured - Whether 'loss of monies' fell within optional extension clause of policy - Whether loss must concern one of specified items listed in proviso - Whether insured entitled to be indemnified
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Sdn Bhd v. Berjaya Sompo Insurance Berhad
(Zaharah Ibrahim, Anantham Kasinather, Varghese George JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 265 [CA]

LAND LAW

Indefeasibility of title and interest - Sale and purchase of property - Agreements - Whether earlier sale and purchase agreements validly terminated - Whether subsequent sale and purchase agreements null and void - Whether subsequent purchaser acquired indefeasible title to property - Whether subsequent purchaser bona fide purchaser for value without notice - National Land Code, s. 340
Teoh Kim Heng v. Tan Ong Ban
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 316 [CA]

Sale and purchase of property - Agreement - Indefeasibility of title - Whether earlier sale and purchase agreements validly terminated - Whether subsequent sale and purchase agreements null and void - Whether subsequent purchaser acquired indefeasible title to property - Whether subsequent purchaser bona fide purchaser for value without notice - National Land Code, s. 340
Teoh Kim Heng v. Tan Ong Ban
(Abdul Malik Ishak, Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 316 [CA]

REVENUE LAW

Income Tax - Exemption - Companies involved in business of investment holding - Irrevocable elections made under s. 3A Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990 to be taxed under Income Tax Act 1967 ('ITA') - Director General of Inland Revenue ('DGIR') informed companies that exemptions from tax under ITA no longer available - Application for judicial review against decision of DGIR - High Court held that exemption order did not apply to companies with effect from respective dates of their election - Appeal against decision of High Court - Whether exemption order would apply to all offshore companies
Positive Vision Labuan Limited v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri & Other Appeals
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 285 [CA]

TORT

Assault and battery - Husband and wife - Police officer husband shoots at wife and wife's brother - Whether gunshots fired accidental shots - Duty of care - Whether breached - Whether police officer wrongfully utilised revolver to shoot plaintiffs instead of protecting public - Whether there was connection between wrongful acts of police officer and official duties which he was entrusted with - Whether police officer acted in his personal capacity - Whether act committed within official scope of employment - Whether employers vicariously liable - Whether police officer intended to harm plaintiffs causing anguish and distress - Exemplary and aggravated damages - Whether awarded
Prema Ganason & Anor v. Ravindran Tharumalinggam & Ors
(Lee Heng Cheong JC) [2014] 8 CLJ 363 [HC]

Assault and battery - Gun injury - Police officer husband shoots at wife and wife's brother - Whether gunshots fired accidental shots - Duty of care - Whether breached - Whether police officer wrongfully utilised revolver to shoot plaintiffs instead of protecting public - Whether there was connection between wrongful acts of police officer and official duties he was entrusted with - Whether police officer acted in his personal capacity - Whether act committed within official scope of employment - Whether employers vicariously liable - Whether police officer intended to harm plaintiffs causing anguish and distress - Whether a proper case for awarding exemplary and aggravated damages
Prema Ganason & Anor v. Ravindran Tharumalinggam & Ors
(Lee Heng Cheong JC) [2014] 8 CLJ 363 [HC]

Defamation - Defences - Absolute privilege - Publication of defamatory words - Article based on judicial proceedings of plaintiff's criminal case - Plaintiff convicted for falsifying results of candidates in examination - Whether article a fair, accurate and contemporaneous report - Whether words "for financial benefit" a fair and bona fide comment - Whether protected by defence of absolute privilege - Defamation Act 1957, s. 11
Khalid Yusoff v. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (Bernama) & Ors
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 8 CLJ 337 [HC]

Defamation - Defences - Justification - Publication of defamatory words - Article based on judicial proceedings of plaintiff's criminal case - Plaintiff convicted for falsifying results of candidates in examination - Whether words in impugned article true in substance and in fact - Whether defence of justification allowed
Khalid Yusoff v. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (Bernama) & Ors
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 8 CLJ 337 [HC]

Defamation - Defences - Qualified privilege - Publication of defamatory words - Article based on judicial proceedings of plaintiff's criminal case - Plaintiff convicted for falsifying results of candidates in examination - Whether a matter of public interest - Words complained of - Whether "for financial benefit" were neutral words and not defamatory - Whether article published a fair account of judicial proceedings - Whether defendants protected by defence of qualified privilege in form of Reynolds privilege
Khalid Yusoff v. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (Bernama) & Ors
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 8 CLJ 337 [HC]

Defamation - Publication of defamatory words - Article based on judicial proceedings of plaintiff's criminal case - Plaintiff convicted for falsifying results of candidates in examination - Whether words "for financial benefit" in article meant plaintiff altered results of examination for financial benefit - Whether words complained of capable of bearing defamatory meaning - Whether words complained of referred to plaintiff - Whether there was malice on defendants' part when publishing article - Whether defendants acted in bad faith - Whether defendants liable to plaintiff for defamation - Defamation Act 1957, s. 12(1)
Khalid Yusoff v. Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia (Bernama) & Ors
(Yeoh Wee Siam J) [2014] 8 CLJ 337 [HC]

WORDS & PHRASES

'Chargeable offshore company' - Whether referred to offshore companies which had made election - Whether companies fell under s. 3A of Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990 and s. 3B of Income Tax Act 1967 - Whether companies proved that exemption order applied to them
Positive Vision Labuan Limited v. Ketua Pengarah Hasil Dalam Negeri & Other Appeals
(Abdul Wahab Patail, Aziah Ali, Mah Weng Kwai JJCA) [2014] 8 CLJ 285 [CA]

INDEKS PERKARA

KONTRAK

Penamatan - Notis penamatan - Kesahan - Notis penamatan perjanjian jual beli oleh pemaju kepada pembeli - Notis bertulis 14 hari - Sama ada notis penamatan mematuhi peruntukan perjanjian jual beli - Sama ada pemaju sengaja melanggar peruntukan perjanjian jual beli - Sama ada plaintif dinafikan hak untuk meneruskan pembelian hartanah
Eng Ee Ee lwn. Hew Ah Choo & Kes Yang Lain
(Zainal Azman Abdul Aziz H) [2014] 8 CLJ 326 [HC]

UNDANG-UNDANG SYARIKAT

Mesyuarat - Mesyuarat agung tahunan - Kegagalan mengadakan mesyuarat - Sama ada alasan adil dan saksama untuk menggulung syarikat - Pertikaian antara pemegang-pemegang saham - Sama ada boleh diselesaikan berdasarkan peruntukan sedia ada dalam syarikat - Akta Syarikat 1965, s. 218(1)(i) & (f)
Ting Chong Ing & Satu Lagi lwn. KH Management Sdn Bhd
(Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali PK) [2014] 8 CLJ 399 [HC]

Penggulungan - Adil dan saksama - Kemerosotan dalam kepercayaan dan keyakinan antara pemegang-pemegang saham - Laporan tahunan dan mesyuarat agung tahunan tidak diadakan - Sama ada alasan adil dan saksama untuk menggulung syarikat - Sama ada pemegang-pemegang saham minoriti bertindak dengan mementingkan diri - Sama ada pertikaian boleh diselesaikan berdasarkan peruntukan sedia ada dalam syarikat - Akta Syarikat 1965, s. 218(1)(i) & (f)
Ting Chong Ing & Satu Lagi lwn. KH Management Sdn Bhd
(Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali PK) [2014] 8 CLJ 399 [HC]

ARTICLE

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LEGISLATION HIGHLIGHTS

Principal Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Repealing
ACT 763	Yayasan Guru Tun Hussein Onn Act 2014	Not Yet In Force	-Nil-
ACT 762	Goods And Services Tax Act 2014	1 July 2014 - Parts I, II, IV, VI and XVI, ss 10, 11, 17, 18, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 44, 50, 56, 59, 61, 64, 65, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 160, 163, 183, 184 and 197, the First Schedule and Second Schedule to the Act; 1 April 2015 - Parts IX, XIII, XVII and XVIII, ss 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 84, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 98, 106, 108, 109, 110, 122, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 and 196, the Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule to the Act [PU(B) 319/2014]	-Nil-
ACT 761	Finance Act 2014	See s 3 for the Income Tax Act; s 33 for the Stamp Act; s 36 for the Petroleum (Income Tax) Act; s 44 for the Real Property Gains Tax Act and s 50 for the Labuan Business Activity Tax Act	-Nil-
ACT 760	Fees (Department Of Museums Malaysia) (Validation) Act 2014	1 January 1991 to 11 June 2012	-Nil-
ACT 759	Islamic Financial Services Act 2013	30 June 2013 [PU(B) 277/2013] - except para(s) 1 to 10 of Schedule 9 and para(s) 13 to 19 of Schedule 9	-Nil-

Amending Acts

Number	Title	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
ACT A1468	Promotion Of Investments (Amendment) Act 2014	See section 1(1) to 1(33) of the Act	ACT 327
ACT A1467	Anti-Money Laundering And Anti-Terrorism Financing (Amendment) Act 2014	8 August 2014 - s 78 only; 1 September 2014 except ss 22 and 26 - 1 October 2014 [PU(B) 400/2014]	ACT 613
ACT A1466	Supplementary Supply (2014) Act 2014	25 July 2014	-Nil-
ACT A1465	Private Higher Educational Institutions (Amendment) Act 2014	25 July 2014	ACT 555
ACT A1464	Price Control And Anti-Profiteering (Amendment) Act 2014	1 September 2014 [PU(B) 399/2014]	ACT 723

PU(A)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(A) 274/2014	Environmental Quality (Delegation Of Powers) (Investigation On Erosion And Sediment Control) (Amendment) Order 2014	14 October 2014	15 October 2014	PU(A) 436/2012
PU(A) 273/2014	Goods And Services Tax (Relief) Order 2014	13 October 2014	13 October 2014	ACT 762
PU(A) 272/2014	Goods And Services Tax (Zero-Rated Supply) Order 2014	13 October 2014	13 October 2014	ACT 762
PU(A) 271/2014	Goods And Services Tax (Exempt Supply) Order 2014	13 October 2014	13 October 2014	ACT 762
PU(A) 270/2014	Factories And Machinery (Persons-In-Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2014	10 October 2014	15 October 2014	PU(A) 112/1983

PU(B)

Number	Title	Date of Publication	Date coming into force	Principal/Amending Act No
PU(B) 441/2014	Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose For Lot 480756 Mukim Kuala Lumpur	10 October 2014	11 October 2014	ACT 56/1965
PU(B) 440/2014	Reservation Of Land For Public Purpose For Lot 20024 Town Kuala Lumpur	10 October 2014	11 October 2014	ACT 56/1965
PU(B) 439/2014	Notice To Third Parties	10 October 2014	11 October 2014	ACT 56/1965
PU(B) 438/2014	Appointment Of Registrars	9 October 2014	Specified in column (2) of the Schedule	ACT 685
PU(B) 437/2014	Appointment And Revocation Of Appointment Of The Members Of The Competition Commission	9 October 2014	Appointment - specified in column (3) of the Schedule; Revocation of appointment - 5 February 2014	ACT 713

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