1. ) TENASWARI A/P RAJEN 2. ) Madhavan A/l Kattan [Bertindak Sebagai Pentadbir-pentadbir Bersama Sah Harta Pusaka Thinagaran A/l Madhavan, Simati Dan Dalam Kapasiti Sendiri Serta Pihak-pihak Tanggungan Si Mati Yang Lain] v 1. ) KEPTEN MARITIM MOHAMMAD ROSLI BIN KASSIM PENGARAH MARITIM NEGERI IBU PEJABAT MARITIM NEGERI SELANGOR 2. ) LEFTENEN MARITIM NORAKMA BINTI HASSAN, PEGAWAI PENYIASAT, AGENSI PENGUATKUASAAN MARITIM PERLABUHAN KLANG, SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia

ba-21ncvc-24-05-2020 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 14 April 2025 • BA-21NCvC-24-05/2020 • 32 min read
26 cases cited (0 SG, 26 foreign)

Catchwords

Deceased committed suicide whilst in custody-arrested by officers of the Maritime Enforcement Agency-detained for investigation under s.39B of the DDA-was provided with an extra pair of pants-deceased used it to hang from a grill in the ceiling-cctv monitoring did not notice anything untoward-the Defendants were sued by the co-administrators of the estate and dependents for negligence, breach of statutory duty and misfeasance in public office-whether a duty of care exists as the harm was not foreseeable-the plaintiffs failure to plead the law upon which the duty was premised-whether there was evidence of the ingredients of the public misfeasance-whether the evidence on the loss of earnings in a dependency claim was cogent

Judges (1)

Alice Loke Yee Ching Delivered

Counsel (7)

Jabatan Peguam Negara Firm M Manoharan & Co. Firm Manoharan Malayalam Counsel Plaintiff Nuurzul Izzati binti Zulkipli Counsel Defendant P Subramaniam Counsel Plaintiff Sarathbala Balakrishnan Counsel Plaintiff Siti Syakimah binti Ibrahim Counsel Defendant

Parties (5)

KEPTEN MARITIM MOHAMMAD ROSLI BIN KASSIM PENGARAH MARITIM NEGERI IBU PEJABAT MARITIM NEGERI SELANGOR Defendant Kerajaan Malaysia Defendant LEFTENEN MARITIM NORAKMA BINTI HASSAN, PEGAWAI PENYIASAT, AGENSI PENGUATKUASAAN MARITIM PERLABUHAN KLANG, SELANGOR DARUL EHSAN Defendant Madhavan a/l Kattan Plaintiff Tenaswari a/p Rajen Plaintiff

Case Significance

1. ) TENASWARI A/P RAJEN 2. ) Madhavan A/l Kattan [Bertindak Sebagai Pentadbi... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated April 14, 2025 (citation: ba-21ncvc-24-05-2020). The case was decided by Alice Loke Yee Ching.

What was the outcome of 1. ) TENASWARI A/P RAJEN 2. ) Madhavan A/l Kattan [Bertindak Sebagai Pentadbi...?

1. ) TENASWARI A/P RAJEN 2. ) Madhavan A/l Kattan [Bertindak Sebagai Pentadbi... is a High Court decision dated April 14, 2025. The case was heard by Alice Loke Yee Ching. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Civil Law Act 1956
s 7 s 8
Dangerous Drugs Act 1952
s 39B

Cases Cited (26)

UK (6)
[1930] 1 KB 628 [1990] 2 AC 605 [2000] 2 WLR 1220 [2001] 1 AC 360 [2003] 2 AC 1 [2008] 2 WLR 975
MY (20)
[1956] 1 MLJ 45 [1964] 1 MLJ 99 [1974] 1 MLJ 157 [1986] 1 MLJ 490 [1989] 3 MLJ 313 [1991] 1 MLJ 428 [2006] 2 MLJ 137 [2011] 2 AMR 214 [2012] 3 MLJ 1 [2015] 1 MLJ 353 [2015] 4 MLJ 734 [2015] 6 MLJ 1 [2016] 3 CLJ 310 [2017] 4 MLJ 540 [2018] 3 MLJ 184 [2018] 5 MLJ 561 [2021] 4 AMR 529 [2022] 1 MLJ 666 [2022] 2 MLJ 154 [2024] 11 MLJ 488

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (ba-21ncvc-24-05-2020)