MUTIARA TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION SDN. BHD. (sebelum ini dikenali sebagai Tunas Mayang (Johor) Sdn. Bhd.) v 1. ) HIAP AIK CONSTRUCTION BERHAD (dalam likuidasi sukarela) 2. ) SATHIEA SEELEAN A/L MANICKAM (didakwa dalam kapasiti sebagai Pelikuidasi Hiap Aik Construction Berhad)

ja-22ncvc-164-10-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 10 March 2026 • JA-22NCvC-164-10/2022 • 34 min read
18 cases cited (0 SG, 18 foreign)

Catchwords

• Land law – Beneficial ownership – Contra arrangement • Private caveat – Removal – s 323, s 327 NLC • Damages – Wrongful caveat – s 329 NLC

Practice Areas

• Land law

Judges (1)

Noradura binti Hamzah Delivered

Counsel (6)

K H Loo & Co. Firm Rama Samuel & Associates Firm Adrian Lu Chian Chern Counsel Plaintiff Chew Wei Han Counsel Plaintiff R Selvarajoo Counsel Defendant Ramachandran a/l Mayilalagan Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

HIAP AIK CONSTRUCTION BERHAD (dalam likuidasi sukarela) Defendant MUTIARA TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION Sdn Bhd. (sebelum ini dikenali sebagai Tunas Mayang Sdn Bhd.) Plaintiff Sathiea Seelean a/l Manickam Defendant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
National Land Code (Cap 828)
s 329

Cases Cited (18)

MY (18)
[1968] 1 MLJ 54 [1979] 2 MLJ 229 [1980] 2 MLJ 234 [1985] 1 MLJ 162 [1990] 2 MLJ 152 [1996] 3 CLJ 502 [1996] 3 MLJ 327 [2009] MLJU 726 [2014] 4 MLJ 465 [2015] 1 MLJ 334 [2015] 3 MLJ 487 [2016] 3 MLJ 23 [2017] MLJU 1326 [2019] 6 MLJ 491 [2019] 6 MLJ 697 [2020] 12 MLJ 67 [2024] 12 MLJ 41 [2025] 1 CLJ 479

Judgment

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