PRESGO GATEWAYS SDN BHD v Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru

ja-22ncc-25-04-2026 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 29 April 2026 • JA-22NCC-25-04/2026 • 24 min read
29 cases cited (0 SG, 29 foreign)

Catchwords

Injunction – Ex parte ad interim injunction – Setting aside – Local authority – Jurisdiction – Government Proceedings Act 1956, s 29 – Specific Relief Act 1950, s 54(d) – Contractual dispute – Car park management agreement – Interim mandatory injunction – Whether injunction could be granted against local authority – Substantial unresolved jurisdictional issue – Ex parte order set aside – Liberty to proceed inter partes – Rules of Court 2012

Judges (1)

Noradura binti Hamzah Delivered

Counsel (10)

Adi Radlan & Co. Firm Azwad Ihsan & Co. Firm Abd Shukor Ahmed Counsel Plaintiff Baljit Singh Sidhu Counsel Plaintiff Celine Lim Counsel Defendant Dennis Yueah Counsel Defendant Fadhil Ihsan bin Mohamad Hassan Counsel Defendant Khairulazwad Bin Sariman Counsel Defendant Mohammad Syahmi bin Nawawi Counsel Defendant Nor Shahidah Saari Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru Defendant PRESGO GATEWAYS Sdn Bhd Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Federal Constitution
Art 8(1)
Government Proceedings Act 1956
s 29
Government Proceedings Ordinance 1956
s 29
Local Government Act 1976
s 36
Rules of Court 2012
Specific Relief Act 1950 (Cap 137)
s 51(2)

Cases Cited (29)

UK (4)
[1955] AC 169 [1971] 1 WLR 604 [1977] 1 All ER 881 [1991] 1 AC 603
MY (25)
[1962] 1 MLJ 169 [1977] 1 MLJ 230 [1977] 2 MLJ 108 [1983] 1 MLJ 323 [1987] 2 MLJ 192 [1988] 2 MLJ 12 [1995] 1 MLJ 193 [1995] MLJU 55 [1998] 1 MLJ 393 [2001] 1 MLJ 433 [2002] 1 MLJ 508 [2002] 3 MLJ 1 [2005] 6 MLJ 239 [2007] 3 MLJ 12 [2007] 7 MLJ 327 [2008] 2 MLJ 147 [2008] 4 MLJ 127 [2009] 5 MLJ 607 [2011] 2 MLJ 801 [2012] 4 MLJ 665 [2012] 8 MLJ 479 [2013] 3 MLJ 676 [2018] 10 MLJ 363 [2025] 9 MLJ 869 [2025] 9 MLJ 946

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