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

11 August2022 In court papers sighted by The Edge, i-Serve and its principals are claiming that the seizure orders were defective, and...

4 August2022 KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 4): The High Court here on Thursday allowed a subsidiary of Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) to have RM10.9...

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

10 May 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): Umno central in its defence against the RM16 million suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd and two others claimed that the suit is an abuse of the court process and should be time barred as it was filed more than six years after the Malay nationalist party received the funds. The political party further claimed that since SRC also filed a suit against its former directors and the directors of its subsidiary company Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bh

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

31 MARCH 2022 KUALA LUMPUR, March 31 — The High Court here today rejected a RM1.02 billion suit by Barakah Offshore Petroleum Bhd (Barakah) and its wholly owned subsidiary PBJV Group Sdn Bhd (PBJV) against Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB). Barakah had sued the two companies over the suspension of PBJV’s licence under the Petroleum Development Act 1974 (PDA). Judge Datuk Aliza Sulaiman ruled that Petronas does not owe a duty of care to

31 MARCH 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (March 31): The High Court has dismissed a stay application by UMNO and its president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to stop the hearing of a RM16 million lawsuit filed against Umno by 1MDB’s former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd and its two units. High Court Judicial Commissioner Datuk Mohd Arief Emran Arifin ruled that there were no special circumstances to grant a stay of the hearing pending the disposal of UMNO's appeal at the Court of Appe

22 MARCH 2022 KUALA LUMPUR (March 22) : SRC International Sdn Bhd and its subsidiary, Gandingan Mentari Sdn Bhd, have applied for a Mareva injunction against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to stop him from transferring or dissipating of his assets amounting to RM42 million. The application was filed on Feb 9, a day after SRC International's former parent company, 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), had obtained a worldwide Mareva injunction — after an ex-parte (si

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — 1MDB and four subsidiaries secured an ex parte Mareva injunction against ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak over the US$681 million (RM2.85 billion) they were seeking to reclaim from him. According to The Edge Markets , the asset freezing also limited Najib to withdrawing no more than RM100,000 a month for his living costs and legal expenses. A Mareva injunction is a legal order to prevent a defendant or respondent from transferring disputed assets

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has failed in its tax claim of RM1.8 billion for the year 2018 against Tenaga...

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