14 September 2022 KLANG (Sept 14): Property tycoon Tan Sri Lim Soon Peng has apparently settled a RM330,800 suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd and two others against him last year, for receiving money from the companies via instructions from former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. This is the first settlement out of 16 suits filed by SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), along with two other SRC's subsidiaries Gandingan Mentari

5 September 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 5): Jailed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Monday (Sept 5) withdrew his discovery application in the US$1.18 billion civil suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd. This came after his lawyers from Messrs Shafee & Co received the bundle of documents that are needed for the hearing from SRC’s solicitors from Rosli Dahlan Saravana Partnership . The former premier had filed the discovery application in the High Court on June 9,

26 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR – The Shah Alam High Court today allowed the leave application by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) to commence judicial review proceedings against the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) for revoking its tax exemption status. Judge Shahnaz Sulaiman ruled that NKF’s leave application was not frivolous and that judicial review is the appropriate forum to determine whether its tax exemption status under Section 44(6) of the Income Tax Act 1967 (ITA) can be

Maria was represented by counsel Rosli Dahlan , along with Zeti Zulfah Hassan @ Zulkifli, Kong Xin Qing , Amiratu Al Amirat Saleh Garbaa  and Khairul Izzat Azmi, while senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly appeared for the Attorney General's Chambers. 22 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has allowed Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah’s bid to commence a legal challenge against a show cause order issued by the shariah court for contempt over her statement that “i

Maria was represented by counsel Rosli Dahlan , along with Zeti Zulfah Hassan @ Zulkifli, Kong Xin Qing , Amiratu Al Amirat Saleh Garbaa  and Khairul Izzat Azmi, while senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly appeared for the Attorney General's Chambers. 22 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 22): The High Court here on Monday (Aug 22) granted leave (permission) to Petaling Jaya Member of Parliament Maria Chin Abdullah to initiate judicial review proceedings to challenge the shar

Maria was represented by counsel Rosli Dahlan, along with Zeti Zulfah Hassan @ Zulkifli, Kong Xin Qing, Amiratu Al Amirat Saleh Garbaa and Khairul Izzat Azmi. 22 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR: Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah has obtained leave to initiate legal proceedings to challenge the Syariah High Court's decision to allow committal proceedings against her for criticising the court's decision in sentencing a businessman’s former wife to jail. High Court Judge Datuk Wan A

16 August 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on Tuesday (Aug 16) was denied more time to file an affidavit in reply to his discovery application with regard to the US$1.18 billion (RM5.27 billion) SRC International Sdn Bhd civil suit against him. The High Court maintained its previous direction that Najib's lawyers are required to file his affidavit in reply by Tuesday, with the hearing of his discovery application fixed for Sept 9. Both

14 June 2022 PUTRAJAYA (June 14): The Court of Appeal on Tuesday (June 14) dismissed an appeal by central Umno to strike out a RM16 million suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd and its two subsidiaries Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd and Jendela Pinggiran Sdn Bhd. Justice Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail — who led the bench in unanimously upholding the High Court decision for the matter to proceed for a trial — ruled that this was not a plain and obvious case for Umno to apply to str

25 May 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (May 25): The High Court on Tuesday (May 24) struck out a purported fraudulent suit by the late Tan Sri Dr Jamaludin Jarjis's mother, Aminah Abdullah, against her two grandchildren, his former lawyer who is now a judicial commissioner (JC), a commissioner for oaths and a law firm. Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Arief Emran Arifin in his decision stated that the suit discloses no reasonable cause of action, is scandalous, frivolous, vexatious and an

13 May 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Arief Emran Arifin has recused himself from presiding over SRC International Sdn Bhd and its subsidiary Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd's civil suit against Datuk Seri Najib Razak. This is due to Mohd Arief's previous engagement as a partner in a local law firm that had done work for SRC. His recusal however will not impact the Mareva Injunction granted in March against the former prime minister. When contacted, pl

11 May 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): Putrade Property Management Sdn Bhd on Wednesday failed to strike out a RM1.43 million suit by SRC International Sdn Bhd and its two subsidiaries as High Court Justice Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz ruled there were triable issues. Hayatul Akmal said there was no merit to striking out the application and ordered Putrade Property to pay RM5,000 costs. As the case will now go to trial, the judge fixed June 13 for case management — possibly to fix th

18 APRIL 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (April 18): The High Court (Appellate and Special Power division) on Monday granted leave (permission) for i-Serve Online Mall Sdn Bhd's judicial review application to challenge several orders by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to freeze several of its accounts since November last year. The decision was made by Justice Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh who ruled that the applicants, namely i-Serve Online Mall, i-Serve Technology & Vacations Sdn Bhd, Advan

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 10): Umno on Wednesday (Nov 10) failed to strike out a RM16 million suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd. This follows High Court Judicial Commissioner Quay Chew Soon dismissing the Malay nationalist party's striking out application. On the other hand, Quay allowed SRC to amend its statement of claim as it contended that an amendment to accurately name parties should be allowed and the earlier inaccuracy in not naming the public officer can be cured by wa

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 8): Saudi national Tarek Obaid, who runs PetroSaudi International Ltd and PetroSaudi Holdings (Cayman) Ltd, has appointed Messrs Chong + Kheng Hoe to represent him in the US$1.83 billion suit filed by 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) against him, his companies and several foreign financial institutions. Besides this, as reported in The Edge weekly, PetroSaudi International and PetroSaudi Holdings have appointed Messrs Wong Kian Kheong to represent them. Lawy

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 1): A judgment in default has been entered against SRC International Sdn Bhd's former CEO Nik Faisal Ariff Kamil, who is reported to be at large, in the company's US$1.18 billion (RM4 billion) suit against him and several others, including former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The order was granted by High Court deputy registrar Suriani Ujang on Monday when the case was called up for case management for substitute service. This was confirmed by multiple sou

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 28): 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) was told to file by Nov 18 its amended writ and statement of claim in its US$6.59 billion suit against its former president and CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy and former Treasury secretary-general Tan Sri Mohd Irwan Serigar Abdullah over the Brazen Sky and International Petroleum Investment Corporation (IPIC) transactions. The directive was made by High Court senior assistant registrar Syeela Marlina Uttaman following case man

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The High Court has fixed Nov 26 to deliver its decision on Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi’s bid to set aside the interim injunction obtained against him by former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The ex-parte interim injunction, granted by Justice Datuk Mohd Firuz Jaffril on March 1, restrains Puad from posting, publishing or repeating alleged defamatory words from his Facebook post titled “There are two levels of quaran