THERESA MARY A/P NAMBI (BERNIAGA SEBAGAI AGHATA ENTERPRISE) v 1. ) TRIBUNAL TUNTUTAN PENGGUNA 2. ) ARUMUGAM A/L VELAN

ma-25-3-07-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 30 March 2026 • MA-25-3-07/2025

Catchwords

Administrative law — Judicial review — Amendment of statement — Order 53 r 3(2) & r 7 Rules of Court 2012 — Leave stage — Scope of permissible amendment — Whether amendment may be allowed after leave granted — Whether amendment enlarges subject matter — Whether amendment introduces new grounds — Distinction between particularisation and new cause — Whether amendment alters character of proceedings — Discretion to amend — Order 20 r 8 Rules of Court 2012 — Bona fides — Delay — Prejudice — Whether prejudice compensable by costs — Real question in controversy — Procedural discipline in judicial review — Leave as jurisdictional threshold — Whether amendment circumvents leave requirement — Whether partial amendment permissible — Case management — Costs in the cause Administrative law — Tribunal — Tribunal Tuntutan Pengguna — Consumer Protection Act 1999 — Definition of “consumer” — Locus standi — Privity of contract — Jurisdiction of Tribunal — Alleged error of law — Alleged irrationality — Evaluation of expert evidence — Quantity surveyor report — Alleged procedural impropriety — Fair hearing — Bias — Whether grounds properly pleaded Civil procedure — Pleadings — Amendment — Principles governing amendment — Yamaha Motor Co Ltd v Yamaha (M) Sdn Bhd — Abdul Hakim Zufar Abdul Jabar v Majlis Perundingan Gaji Negara — Whether amendment arising from same facts — Whether amendment introduces new issues — Judicial review procedural constraints — Incremental development of grounds — Partial allowance of amendment

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