MURUGAPPAN TAMIL SELVI v MOGANA A/P SIVARAMAN PIHAK TERKILAN M. R Alagu Ganeshan A/l Murugappan

ba-22ncvc-344-09-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 28 January 2026 • BA-22NCvC-344-09/2021 • 20 min read

6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure: No case to answer – Face value test – The reliability test – Counterclaim dismissed. Law of Evidence: Burden of Proof - Documentary Evidence - Balance of probabilities – Adverse Inference – Failure to produce material evidence – Evidence Act 1950 ss 114 illustration (g) – Whether RM1.2 million deposited into Defendant account was an outright gift or short term conditional land to facilitate Defendant housing land. Equity: Laches — Estoppel — Requirement to plead — Whether defences raised for first time in submissions — Whether delay in commencing action inexcusable — Whether detriment established — Limitation Act 1953 — Whether action time-barred

Judges (1)

Jamhirah binti Ali Delivered

Counsel (8)

Muhendaran Sri Firm Raj & Sach Firm Sarinah Mustafa, Ambiga Pandian & Associates Firm Ambiga Pandian Counsel Defendant Eisyarmily Akhtar Counsel Plaintiff Kamaleswari Shanmugam Counsel Defendant Sarinah Mustafa Counsel Defendant Srividhya Ganapathy Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

M. R Alagu Ganeshan a/l Murugappan Aggrieved Party Mogana a/p Sivaraman Defendant Murugappan Tamil Selvi Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Cases Cited (6)

MY (6)

[1979] 2 MLJ 229 [1998] 2 CLJ 340 [2015] 2 CLJ 1037 [2015] 2 CLJ 453 [2018] 10 CLJ 488 [2025] 2 CLJ 406

Judgment

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