EMI SUHARDI BIN MOHD FADZIL v 1. ) ZAINAP BINTI ABU 2. ) PENGHUNI-PENGHUNI YANG TIDAK DIKENALI YANG MENDUDUKI SEBAHAGIAN TANAH YANG TERKANDUNG DI BAWAH GM 57,LOT 1915, MUKIM BUKIT LADA, DAERAH POKOK SENA,KEDAH DAN SEBUAH RUMAH YANG BERALAMAT DI NO.31, KAMPUNG BUKIT LADA, JALAN KAMPUNG PALAS, 06400 POKOK SENA, KEDAH PIHAK KETIGA Shaffie Bin Md Hassan

ka-22ncvc-18-04-2022 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 11 November 2025 • KA-22NCvC-18-04/2022 • 28 min read
12 cases cited (0 SG, 12 foreign)

Catchwords

AND LAW: Indefeasibility of title – Registered proprietor – Immediate purchaser – Application for vacant possession – Whether title obtained by fraud or misrepresentation – Standard of proof for fraud – Exceptions to indefeasibility – National Land Code, s. 340(1), (2) & (3) LAND LAW: Instrument of transfer – Form 14A – Validity – Purchase price under-declared for stamp duty purposes – Whether under-stamping renders instrument “void or insufficient” under s. 340(2)(b) National Land Code – Distinction between statutory non-compliance under National Land Code and revenue irregularity under Stamp Act 1949 – Curability of defect – Duty of court to impound – Stamp Act 1949, ss. 51 & 52 CIVIL PROCEDURE: Pleadings – Parties bound by pleadings – Defence raising unpleaded issue of illegality (stamp duty evasion) – Trial by ambush – Res judicata – Issue estoppel – Previous Originating Summons for removal of private caveats – Whether determination of interest in summary proceedings bars re-litigation of trust claim EVIDENCE: Adverse inference – Failure to call material witnesses – Parties to the suit (1st and 3rd Defendants) failed to testify – Withholding of independent witnesses to alleged trust – Presumption under s. 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 – Burden of proof – Constructive trust

Judges (1)

John Lee Kien How @ Mohammad Johan Lee Delivered

Counsel (7)

Intan Safinaz & Co. Firm Padmanathan Abdul Halim & Co. Firm Rusni, Zahrah & Associates Firm Nurul Husna Halim Counsel Defendant Padmanathan A/L Kumarasamy Counsel Third Party Siau Suen Miin Counsel Defendant Syed Fakhruzzaman Syed Mansor Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

Emi Suhardi bin Mohd Fadzil Plaintiff Shaffie bin Md Hassan Third Party Zainap binti Abu Defendant

Case Significance

EMI SUHARDI BIN MOHD FADZIL v 1. ) ZAINAP BINTI ABU 2. ) PENGHUNI-PENGHUNI YA... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated November 11, 2025 (citation: ka-22ncvc-18-04-2022). The case was decided by John Lee Kien How @ Mohammad Johan Lee.

What was the outcome of EMI SUHARDI BIN MOHD FADZIL v 1. ) ZAINAP BINTI ABU 2. ) PENGHUNI-PENGHUNI YA...?

EMI SUHARDI BIN MOHD FADZIL v 1. ) ZAINAP BINTI ABU 2. ) PENGHUNI-PENGHUNI YA... is a High Court decision dated November 11, 2025. The case was heard by John Lee Kien How @ Mohammad Johan Lee. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
National Land Code (Cap 828)
Stamp Act 1949 (Cap 378)

Cases Cited (12)

UK (2)
[1905] AC 176 [1926] AC 101
MY (10)
[1977] 2 MLJ 7 [1982] 1 MLJ 198 [1994] 1 MLJ 294 [1995] MLJU 73 [1996] 3 MLJ 627 [2015] 6 MLJ 16 [2017] MLJU 1976 [2019] MLJU 134 [2022] 1 MLJ 860 [2025] 5 MLRH 702

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (ka-22ncvc-18-04-2022)