DHAMODARAN A/L MUNUSAMY v 1. ) KAVARIAMAL A/P MUNUSAMY 2. ) TAMBYRASAH A/L VYTHILINGAM

aa-22ncvc-105-12-2020 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 23 April 2025 • AA-22NCvC-105-12/2020 • 29 min read

22 cases cited (0 SG, 22 foreign)

Catchwords

Equity — Trust — Validity and enforcement of deed of mutual covenant— Non-est factum — Whether defence of non-est factum sustainable — Whether trust cannot be created over future property over property— Whether plaintiff entitled to beneficial ownership — Limitation and laches — Whether plaintiff’s claim time-barred — Whether plaintiff’s delay amounts to acquiescence — Adverse inference for failure to call material witness — Reliability of defendants’ testimony — Whether plaintiff entitled to equitable relief subject to restitution.

Judges (1)

Moses Susayan Delivered

Counsel (5)

Madhi Param & Co. Firm Sheanna Velu Firm Dhiviya d/o Anbananthan Counsel Defendant Saravanabavan s/o Mathialagan Counsel Plaintiff Sheanna Shanta d/o Kenneth Velu Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

Dhamodaran a/l Munusamy Plaintiff Kavariamal a/p Munusamy Defendant Tambyrasah a/l Vythilingam Defendant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)

s 22(1)(b)

Cases Cited (22)

MY (22)

[1974] 1 MLJ 41 [1993] 1 MLRH 584 [1993] 2 CLJ 640 [1993] MLJU 128 [1995] 3 MLJ 549 [1999] 1 MLJ 303 [1999] 1590 CLJ 179 [1999] 2 AMR 1381 [2006] 1 CLJ 996 [2006] 1 MLJ 505 [2006] 2 AMR 1 [2011] 10 MLRH 245 [2012] 10 CLJ 189 [2012] 2 AMR 129 [2012] 3 MLJ 348 [2014] 3 MLJ 691 [2014] 4 MLJ 428 [2016] MLJU 1780 [2016] MLRH 422 [2017] AMEJ 1586 [2018] 5 MLJ 783 [2018] 7 CLJ 23

Judgment

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