1. ) ANNA CHOCKALINGAM 2. ) THIAGARAJAN KASIVISWANATHAN 3. ) VASANTHAL ACHI SETHU 4. ) RAMANATHAN MEENAKSHI-SUNDARAM 5. ) ANGAPPAN A/L RAMASAMY CHETTIAR 6. ) AR. MYTHILI W/O SP ARUNACHALAM 7. ) A. MEENAKSHI @ KALPANA W/O RM. ANNAMALAI 8. ) AR. PORPAVAI W/O PL. ARUNACHALAM 9. ) SP. KALAIYARASI W/O PL. A. SUPRAMANIAM 10. ) UMA W/O M.A. PANDIYAN 11. ) RM. MUTHULAKSHMI W/O M. RAMASAMY 12. ) RM. VIJAYAKAMATCHI W/O A. RAMANATHAN 13. ) PL. USHA W/O V. PALANIAPPAN 14. ) S.M.S. SIVAGAMI ACHI W/O SINNI...

ja-24ncvc-387-05-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 29 April 2024 • JA-24NCvC-387-05/2022 • 49 min read
29 cases cited (0 SG, 29 foreign)

Catchwords

Land – Co-proprietorship – Termination – Sale by tender or auction – Valuer and auctioneer appointed – Distribution of proceeds – Removal of caveats – National Land Code 1965, s.145(1) – Undivided shares – Beneficiaries and trustees – Estate of deceased proprietor – Caveat by purchaser of undivided share – Consent judgment affecting trust obligations – Failure to agree on partition or sale – Preconditions for termination – Refusal or failure to consent to partition – Court’s discretionary powers under s.145(2) – Order for sale of land – Interpretation of s.145 – Literal construction – Impossibility of partition – Estate administration and caveats – Sale pending completion Outstanding quit rent and assessment – Payment to be made from sale proceeds – Refusal to release original title – Allegation of delay in completion of sale and purchase agreements – Conditional sale agreements – Reasonableness of plaintiffs’ conduct – No intention to frustrate sale – Administrators acting to facilitate sale of land – Executor’s claim to undivided share – Consent judgment – Effect of consent judgment – Res judicata – Abuse of process – Collateral attack – Consent judgment as binding contract – Construction and interpretation – Trust and beneficial ownership – Allegations of fraud and misconduct – Credibility of evidence – Mental capacity – Bare assertion – Evidential value

Judges (1)

Noor Hisham bin Ismail Delivered

Parties (22)

SINAR CONNAUGHT Sdn Bhd Respondent A. Meenakshi @ Kalpana W/o Rm. Annamalai Applicant Angappan a/l Ramasamy Chettiar Applicant Anna Chockalingam Applicant Ar. Mythili W/o Sp Arunachalam Applicant Ar. Porpavai W/o Pl. Arunachalam Applicant Arunachalam Shockalingam Viswanathan Respondent Pl. Usha W/o V. Palaniappan Applicant Ramanathan Meenakshi-sundaram Applicant Rm. Muthulakshmi W/o M. Ramasamy Applicant Rm. Vijayakamatchi W/o A. Ramanathan Applicant S.m.s. Sivagami Achi W/o Sinniah Muthukaruppan Chettiar Chinniah @ Singaram @ S.m. Singaram @ S.m. Chinniah Applicant Sinniah Muthukaruppan Singaram Selvaganesan Respondent Sockalingam A.s.a Chockalingam @ Govindan Respondent Sockalingam Veerappan Ramanathan Respondent Sockalingam Viswanathan Ramanathan Respondent Sp. Kalaiyarasi W/o Pl. A. Supramaniam Applicant St.m. Muthiah Chettiar s/o Chethambaram Chettiar Respondent St.s Subbiah Chettiar s/o Chethambaram Chettiar Respondent Thiagarajan Kasiviswanathan Applicant Uma W/o M.a. Pandiyan Applicant Vasanthal Achi Sethu Applicant

Statutes Cited

National Land Code (Cap 828)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (29)

UK (9)
[1895] 2 Ch 273 [1898] 1 QB 677 [1944] 1 KB 160 [1952] 2 KB 297 [1967] 3 All ER 321 [1971] 1 QB 358 [1979] AC 411 [1981] 3 WLR 906 [2008] 1 WLR 823
MY (20)
[1961] 1 MLJ 49 [1981] CLJ 43 [1983] 2 MLJ 211 [1993] 1 CLJ 261 [1993] 1 MLJ 12 [1993] 3 CLJ 524 [1997] 1 CLJ 396 [2004] 2 CLJ 301 [2006] 8 CLJ 543 [2012] 3 CLJ 577 [2013] 3 CLJ 1006 [2015] 8 CLJ 1 [2016] 3 CLJ 837 [2016] 5 MLJ 754 [2016] 6 CLJ 860 [2016] MLJU 1650 [2018] 2 MLJ 133 [2020] 7 CLJ 561 [2021] MLJU 1899 [2022] 7 CLJ 852

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