RISHIPAL SINGH DHANOA A/L CHARANJIT SINGH (BERNIAGA ATAS NAMA DHANOA ENTERPRISE) v KAWALAN PERTIWI SDN BHD PIHAK KETIGA STALLION EMPIRE SDN. BHD.

ba-22ncvc-19-01-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 7 November 2024 • BA-22NCvC-19-01/2024 • 22 min read

14 cases cited (1 SG, 13 foreign)

Catchwords

CIVIL PROCEDURE: Action-Claim for payments of supply for manpower services-Whether defendant’s case amounted to bare denial CIVIL PROCEDURE: Service-Delivered to an outdated address- Whether service proper-Acknowledgement not made by the defendant’s employee-Whether valid service-Whether sufficient CIVIL PROCEDURE: Judgment and orders-Setting aside-Default judgment-Grounds for-Service was irregular-No privity of contract between plaintiff and defendant-Defendant had a bona fide defence and raised triable issues-Whether judgment was regular-Whether defendant demonstrates defence on the merits-Whether judgment in default ought to be set aside

Judges (1)

Anita binti Harun Delivered

Counsel (5)

Bing Wen & Associates Firm Kumar & Associates Firm Leong Yee Dawn Counsel Defendant M.Rajenthirakumar a/l R.Malaiapan Counsel Plaintiff Yap Bing Yew Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

KAWALAN PERTIWI Sdn Bhd Defendant RISHIPAL SINGH DHANOA A/L CHARANJIT SINGH (BERNIAGA ATAS NAMA DHANOA ENTERPRISE) Plaintiff STALLION EMPIRE Sdn Bhd Third Party

Cases Cited (14)

SLR (1)

[1998] 1 SLR 374

MY (13)

[1979] 2 MLJ 28 [1988] 3 MLJ 90 [1993] 3 MLJ 36 [1996] 1 MLJ 309 [1996] 2 MLJ 57 [1998] 4 MLJ 129 [2011] 2 MLJ 192 [2013] 3 MLJ 235 [2016] 3 MLJ 1 [2020] MLJU 1020 [2022] 3 MLJ 821 [2023] 6 MLJ 114 [2024] 4 MLJ 474

Judgment

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