WONG HON CHOW v 1. ) BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA KONDOMINIUM RBC (RIVIERA BAY CONDOMINIUM) 2. ) PERAHAMBI SELLAPPA THIAGARAJAN (Dalam kapisitinya sebagai Pengerusi JMB-RBC) 3. ) CHUA SOCK LAN (Dalam kapisitinya sebagai Setiausaha JMB-RBC) 4. ) SOH HO SIONG (Dalam kapasitinya sebagai Bendahari JMB-RBC) 5. ) TRIBUNAL PENGURUSAN STRATA

ma-25-3-02-2026 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 13 May 2026 • MA-25-3-02/2026

Catchwords

Judicial Review — Leave Application — Order 53 rule 3(1) Rules of Court 2012 — Threshold for leave — Arguable case — Whether application frivolous or hopeless — WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd v Tenaga Nasional Berhad [2012] 4 MLJ 296 (Federal Court) — QSR Brands Bhd v Suruhanjaya Sekuriti & Anor [2006] 3 MLJ 164 (Court of Appeal) Strata Management — Joint Management Body — Annual General Meeting — Motion by parcel proprietor — Paragraph 13(1) and 13(2) Second Schedule Strata Management Act 2013 — Whether JMC has discretion to refuse inclusion of motion in AGM agenda — Mandatory statutory duty — “Sub judice” refusal — Whether Tribunal arguably erred in law Statutory Interpretation — Meaning of “next general meeting” — Whether literal interpretation produces absurdity — Presumption against absurd construction — Interaction between statutory notice mechanism and AGM agenda process Judicial Review — Amenability — Strata Management Tribunal — Section 120 Strata Management Act 2013 — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court preserved notwithstanding finality clause Judicial Review — Stay Pending Disposal — Order 53 rule 3(5) Rules of Court 2012 — Limited stay of costs order granted Injunction — Ex parte injunction — Order 29 rule 1(2C) Rules of Court 2012 — Statutory prohibition against ex parte injunction restraining meeting of body corporate — Whether Court may restrain AGM ex parte — 16th AGM of Joint Management Body — Relief refused Procedural Fairness — Tribunal written grounds — Section 117 Strata Management Act 2013 — Whether withholding written grounds until leave granted raises arguable public law issue Civil Procedure — Liberty to amend grounds upon receipt of Tribunal grounds — Costs reserved to substantive hearing

Judges (1)

Raja Segaran a/l S.krishnan Delivered

Parties (6)

BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA KONDOMINIUM RBC (Riviera Bay Condominium) Respondent Chua Sock Lan (dalam Kapisitinya Sebagai Setiausaha Jmb-rbc) Respondent Perahambi Sellappa Thiagarajan (dalam Kapisitinya Sebagai Pengerusi Jmb-rbc) Respondent Soh Ho Siong (dalam Kapasitinya Sebagai Bendahari Jmb-rbc) Respondent Tribunal Pengurusan Strata Respondent Wong Hon Chow Applicant

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