SIME DARBY PLANTATION BERHAD v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hilir Perak

aa-15-10-01-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 17 September 2025 • AA-15-10-01/2024 • 25 min read
24 cases cited (0 SG, 24 foreign)

Catchwords

Land Law — Acquisition of land — Market value — Injurious affection — Severance — Multiple land references heard together — High Court sitting with government assessor and private assessor under s 40 Land Acquisition Act 1960 (‘LAA’) — Five neighbouring lots compulsorily acquired for 275kV electricity transmission line — Whether market value under para 2(a) First Schedule disturbed — Whether applicant established inadequacy of land administrator’s uniform rate — Court held determination of market value a finding of fact — Comparative method safest guide — Applicant’s comparables found materially dissimilar. Land Law — Acquisition of land — Compensation — Injurious affection — Para 2(d) First Schedule LAA — Whether damage “sustained or likely to be sustained” compensable in reference proceedings — High-voltage transmission corridor (‘rentis’) physically encumbered remaining land — EMF fears and public perception alone insufficient — However permanent physical restrictions and diminution of utility established — Injurious affection question of fact — Court accepted unanimous assessors’ findings and awarded additional compensation for injurious affection across five lots — Severance allowed where land physically divided, but refused where residual land remained contiguous — Other claims (disturbance, restoration costs) rejected for want of evidence .

Practice Areas

Land Law

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (5)

Ghazi & Lim Firm State Legal Advisor Office Firm Anisha Nabila binti Azhan Counsel Applicant Mohd Fitri bin Sadarudin Counsel Respondent Ong Kheng Leong Counsel Applicant

Parties (2)

Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hilir Perak Respondent SIME DARBY PLANTATION BERHAD Appellant

Case Significance

SIME DARBY PLANTATION BERHAD v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hilir Perak is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated September 17, 2025 (citation: aa-15-10-01-2024). The case was decided by Moses Susayan.

What was the outcome of SIME DARBY PLANTATION BERHAD v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hilir Perak?

SIME DARBY PLANTATION BERHAD v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Hilir Perak is a High Court decision dated September 17, 2025. The case was heard by Moses Susayan. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Land Acquisition Act 1960 (Cap 486)
s 3(1)(a)

Cases Cited (24)

MY (24)
[1953] 1 MLRH 564 [1954] 1 MLJ 69 [1981] 1 MLJ 288 [1981] 1 MLJ 300 [1983] 2 MLJ 336 [1984] 1 CLJ 350 [1984] 2 MLJ 35 [1990] 3 MLJ 464 [1991] 1 CLJ 16 [2001] 1 CLJ 1 [2001] 1 MLJ 186 [2005] 1 CLJ 365 [2005] 2 AMR 1 [2005] 2 MLJ 229 [2017] 3 MLJ 453 [2017] 3 MLJ 561 [2017] 4 AMR 123 [2017] 5 CLJ 526 [2021] 3 CLJ 1 [2021] 4 MLJ 1 [2022] 5 MLJ 785 [2022] 5455 MLJ 785 [2022] 9 CLJ 865 [2025] MLJU 1100

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (aa-15-10-01-2024)