SHARIKAT SUKMA KEMAJUAN DAN PERUSAHAAN SDN. BHD. v REI HOLDINGS SDN. BHD. PIHAK KETIGA Jabatan Insolvensi Malaysia PIHAK TERKILAN CHEE YUN FONG

ja-28ncc-17-01-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 23 April 2026 • JA-28NCC-17-01/2025 • 16 min read
6 cases cited (0 SG, 6 foreign)

Catchwords

COMPANIES LAW: Winding up – Liquidator – Application by contributory for leave to continue appellate proceedings on behalf of wound-up company – Company already subject to compulsory winding up order – Official Receiver declining consent to continue appeals – Whether contributory entitled to substitute liquidator’s decision – Whether Court should interfere with liquidator’s exercise of powers – Whether continuation of appeals would benefit liquidation estate – Companies Act 2016, s. 486(2) INSOLVENCY LAW: Liquidation – Powers of liquidator – Supervisory jurisdiction of Court – Application by contributory challenging liquidator’s refusal to continue litigation – Whether evidence of fraud, mala fides or irrationality on part of liquidator – Whether dissatisfaction with liquidator’s decision sufficient to invoke Court’s supervisory jurisdiction – Interests of creditors and contributories – Collective nature of insolvency administration CIVIL PROCEDURE: Procedural irregularity – Winding-up proceedings – Application commenced by summons instead of motion – Whether defect fatal – Whether procedural non-compliance curable – Companies (Winding-Up) Rules 1972, rr. 5, 7 and 194 – Rules of Court 2012, O. 2 r. 1 COMPANIES LAW: Appeals – Continuation of pending appeals after winding up order – Leave sought by contributory to pursue appeals against summary judgment and striking out order – Whether proposed appeals shown to have merit or confer tangible benefit to liquidation estate – Whether application constituted collateral attempt to circumvent consequences of winding up order

Judges (1)

Counsel (7)

Parties (4)

Statutes Cited

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (6)

UK (1)
[1966] 3 All ER 277
MY (5)
[2007] 3 MLJ 571 [2007] 7 CLJ 516 [2015] 7 CLJ 16 [2022] 12 MLJ 247 [2022] MLJU 3543

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