JUN CHENG DEVELOPMENT SDN. BHD. v 1. ) TRIBUNAL TUNTUTAN PEMBELI RUMAH 2. ) NUR AMIRA BINTI SAMSUDIN 3. ) MOHAMAD ARIEF BIN ROSALI

ma-25-5-08-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 15 March 2026 • MA-25-5-08/2025

Catchwords

Administrative Law — Judicial review — Tribunal for Homebuyer Claims — Challenge to tribunal award — Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 — Sections 16W, 16Y, 16AA, 16AC — Supervisory jurisdiction of High Court — Distinction between appeal and judicial review — Illegality, irrationality and procedural impropriety — Reliance on technical inspection report — Tribunal’s evidential powers to obtain and rely on technical report — Procedural fairness — Opportunity to challenge report — Failure to adduce competing expert evidence — Defects in residential property — Compensation for defects — Rectification clause in sale and purchase agreement — Whether tribunal acted within jurisdiction — Adequacy of reasons — Finality clause — Limits of judicial intervention — Whether application amounts to disguised appeal on merits.

Practice Areas

Administrative Law

Judges (1)

Raja Segaran a/l S.krishnan Delivered

Parties (3)

JUN CHENG DEVELOPMENT Sdn Bhd Applicant Mohamad Arief bin Rosali Respondent Nur Amira binti Samsudin Respondent

Judgment

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