PEMIUTANG PENGHAKIMAN JR JOINT RESOURCES HOLDINGS SDN BHD PENGHUTANG PENGHAKIMAN JALALUDIN BIN SULAIMAN

ja-29ncc-765-08-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 15 April 2026 • JA-29NCC-765-08/2024 • 12 min read

11 cases cited (0 SG, 11 foreign)

Catchwords

Insolvency - Bankruptcy Notice - Creditor’s Petition - Appeal against setting aside and refusal to amend petition. Whether incorrect substituted service date constituted mere typographical error or substantive defect. Whether amendment permissible under ss. 93(3) and 131 Insolvency Act 1967. Validity of substituted service disputed by documentary evidence. Affidavits filed out of time and without leave. Joint liability arising from judgment in suits heard together but not consolidated. Bankruptcy Court not to determine disputed scope of judgment. Appeals dismissed. Order setting aside Bankruptcy Notice and Creditor’s Petition affirmed.

Judges (1)

Noradura binti Hamzah Delivered

Counsel (4)

Hanif Hassan & Co. Firm Kanesalingam & Co Firm Ardelliza Izmaryanti binti Shafie Counsel Respondent Shanmuga a/l A. Kanesalingam Counsel Petitioner

Parties (2)

JR JOINT RESOURCES HOLDINGS Sdn Bhd Judgment Creditor Jalaludin bin Sulaiman Judgment Debtor

Statutes Cited

Digital Signatures Act 1997

s 62(2)(b)

Employees Provident Fund Act 1991

s 46

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

Insolvency Act 1967 (Cap 360)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (11)

UK (1)

[1903] 1 KB 547

MY (10)

[1982] 1 MLJ 126 [1988] 1 MLJ 304 [1999] 1 MLJ 644 [1999] 2 MLJ 555 [2000] 6 CLJ 63 [2013] 4 MLJ 213 [2015] 6 MLJ 841 [2017] 6 MLJ 753 [2019] 6 MLJ 697 [2021] 7 CLJ 823

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