PUTARAN JAYA SDN. BHD. v PENTADBIR TANAH DAERAH JOHOR BAHRU PENCELAH DICADANGKAN MALAYSIA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM SDN BHD

ja-15-42-07-2021 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 5 November 2025 • JA-15-42-07/2021 • 30 min read

7 cases cited (0 SG, 7 foreign)

Catchwords

Land Laws — Land Acquisition — Whether amount of compensation awarded is appealable and no issue of law raised by the Applicant — Whether the market value for the Scheduled Land as awarded by the Respondent is reasonable and justifiable — no development of proposed serviced apartment units – Whether injurious affection should be awarded for the remaining land — Land has changed from a regular rectangular shape to an irregular “L” shape after the acquisition – Whether the Applicant is entitled to claim incidental costs – extension of the planning permission for the development of the serviced apartment units have lapsed and no development was ever carried out

Judges (1)

Wong Mee Ling Delivered

Counsel (8)

Johor State Legal Advisor's Office Firm Nora S. W. Lam & Associates Firm Ananthan A/L Nithya Moorthi Counsel Respondent Arief Aiman Bin Hamir Hamzah Counsel Respondent David Ng Yew Kiat Counsel Respondent Eng Kar Wai Counsel Applicant H M Wong Counsel Applicant Ronald Ang Yu Chye Counsel Applicant

Parties (3)

MALAYSIA RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM Sdn Bhd Proposed Intervener PENTADBIR TANAH DAERAH JOHOR BAHRU Respondent PUTARAN JAYA Sdn Bhd Appellant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

First Schedule of Act

s 1(1)

Cases Cited (7)

UK (1)

[1957] 1 QB 485

MY (6)

[1954] 1 MLJ 69 [1968] 1 MLJ 168 [1981] 1 MLJ 300 [1986] 1 MLJ 405 [2017] 3 MLJ 561 [2017] MLJU 214

Judgment

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