Sunitha Madhu [Membawa Tindakan Ini Sebagai Pentadbir Sah Harta Pusaka Simati (Madhu A/l K.v. Dharan (No. K/p: 550403-10-6085)] v 1. ) PALAYAM A/L NAGAPPAN 2. ) Tersaim Lall A/l Sadhu Ram [Yang Beramal Sebagai Peguambela Dan Peguamcara Di Tetuan T. Lall And Associates] 3. ) WONDERFUL CENTURY PROPERTIES SDN BHD 4. ) Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Petaling

ba-22ncvc-114-03-2020 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 1 December 2024 • BA-22NCvC-114-03/2020 • 43 min read
20 cases cited (0 SG, 20 foreign)

Catchwords

Plaintiff seeks to recover late husband’s land-dispossessed through a series of fraud-D1 used a forged PA purportedly granted by deceased to transfer land to one Kannan, D2 was the solicitor who presented the Form 14A for transfer, land was then registered in Kannan’s name-Kannan then sold land to D3, using the services of D2-whether there is evidence of forgery of the PA- whether D2 was complicit in the fraud-whether there is conspiratorial arrangement of all defendants to defraud the deceased’s estate-whether D3 is entitled to the protection of the proviso to s.340(3) as a subsequent purchaser who acted in good faith and for valuable consideration-whether suit is time-barred-whether D4 as the authority to register land dealings acted in breach of statutory duties and common law duties in failing to note the irregularities

Judges (1)

Alice Loke Yee Ching Delivered

Counsel (11)

M Manoharan & Co. Firm Mann & Associates Firm Selangor State Legal Advisor's Office Firm Yee How & Tan Firm Gary Au Counsel Defendant M Manoharan Counsel Plaintiff Ng Qing Rui Counsel Defendant Nur Syamimi Adriana binti Shahimi Counsel Plaintiff R. Sivanesan Counsel Defendant Siti Radziah binti Kamaruddin Counsel Defendant Tan Sack Sen Counsel Defendant

Parties (5)

Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Petaling Defendant WONDERFUL CENTURY PROPERTIES Sdn Bhd Defendant Palayam a/l Nagappan Defendant Sunitha Madhu Plaintiff Tersaim Lall a/l Sadhu Ram Defendant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
s 101 s 73(1)
Limitation Act 1953 (Cap 254)
National Land Code (Cap 828)

Cases Cited (20)

UK (2)
[1947] 2 All ER 372 [1964] AC 1129
AU (1)
[1923] HCA 17
MY (17)
[1981] 1 MLJ 212 [1997] 3 MLJ 61 [1998] 1 MLJ 465 [2007] 5 MLJ 136 [2009] 1 MLJ 349 [2010] 2 MLJ 1 [2014] 1 MLJ 645 [2014] 6 MLJ 289 [2015] 5 MLJ 1 [2016] 6 MLJ 413 [2017] 4 MLJ 697 [2018] 5 MLJ 711 [2019] CLJ 441 [2020] 4 MLJ 662 [2020] MLJU 25 [2021] 5 MLJ 759 [2024] 5 MLJ 460

Judgment

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