SHARIPAH MARHAINI BINTI SYED ALI v 1. ) MAJLIS BANDARAYA PETALING JAYA 2. ) Aznan Bin Haji Hassan (dalam kapasitinya sebagai Setiausaha Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (“MBPJ”)

ba-25-62-09-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 21 April 2025 • BA-25-62-09/2023 • 18 min read

15 cases cited (0 SG, 15 foreign)

Catchwords

Section 16 Local Government Act 1967. Second Respodent was appointed to position secretary while the Applicant was still incumbent. Did this amount to a demotion? Was the right to be heard accorded to the Applicant.

Judges (1)

Shahnaz binti Sulaiman Delivered

Counsel (6)

Kamaruzaman Arif & Sofiah Firm Nekoo Firm Aravinkumar A/L K.Mohan Counsel Applicant Kamaruzaman bin Muhammad Arif Counsel Respondent Ravindran A/l Nekoo @Veloo Counsel Applicant Sofiah Binti Omar Counsel Respondent

Parties (3)

Aznan Bin Haji Hassan (dalam kapasitinya sebagai Setiausaha Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (“MBPJ”) Respondent MAJLIS BANDARAYA PETALING JAYA Respondent Sharipah Marhaini binti Syed Ali Applicant

Statutes Cited

Federal Constitution

Art 135 s 135

Local Government Act 1976 (Cap 171)

s 16(1) s 16(4) s 2

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (15)

UK (6)

[1948] 1 KB 223 [1956] AC 14 [1982] 1 WLR 1155 [1985] AC 374 [1992] QB 169 [1994] 1 AC 531

MY (9)

[1995] 2 CLJ 748 [1995] 2 MLJ 317 [1997] 1 CLJ 147 [1997] 1 MLJ 145 [1997] 3 CLJ 135 [2018] 2 CLJ 513 [2018] 2 MLJ 537 [2020] 1 CLJ 1 [2023] 5 MLJ 829

Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal.

Read on eJudgment

Source: eJudgment (ba-25-62-09-2023)