CEMPAKA MEWAH SDN BHD (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) (Liquidator appointed on 17.4.2003) c/o KPMG CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING PLT v PENGARAH UKUR DAN PEMETAAN NEGERI SEMBILAN DARUL KHUSUS

n-01ncvca-460-06-2022 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 24 March 2025 • N-01(NCvC)(A)-460-06/2022 • 37 min read

17 cases cited (0 SG, 17 foreign)

Catchwords

Administrative law – Judicial review – Whether the Appellant’s action was properly commenced by way of originating summons - Whether the dispute, notwithstanding the involvement of statutory authorities, was in substance a private law matter – Whether the Respondent was justified in refusing or declining to process the appellant’s application for the certificate of proposed strata plan (CPS/8A Certificate) – Whether the car park spaces provided under the sale and purchase agreements constituted “accessory parcels” – Whether sections 6(3)(b) of the Strata Management Act 2013 and sections 8A(6) and 8A(7) of the Strata Titles Act 1985 were applicable – Whether the certification of the as-built plans by the local planning authority as certified true copies affected or altered the legal status of the car park spaces.

Practice Areas

Administrative law

Judges (3)

Azimah binti Omar Delivered Hanipah binti Farikullah Coram Wong Kian Kheong Delivered

Counsel (6)

Jayaratnam & Partners Firm Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Sembilan Firm Amalina Binti Zainal Mokhtar Counsel Respondent Jayaratnam A/L Kumarasamy Counsel Appellant Mohd Shafiq Bin Mohd Sazali Counsel Respondent Paari Perumal Counsel Appellant

Parties (2)

CEMPAKA MEWAH Sdn Bhd Appellant PENGARAH UKUR DAN PEMETAAN NEGERI SEMBILAN DARUL KHUSUS Respondent

Statutes Cited

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)

Federal Constitution

Art 160

Rules of Court 2012

Strata Titles Act 1985 (Cap 318)

Cases Cited (17)

UK (5)

[1954] 3 All ER 745 [1971] AC 850 [1978] 1 WLR 221 [2013] 1 WLR 2477 [2014] 1 WLR 2600

MY (12)

[1965] 2 MLJ 148 [1979] 2 MLJ 121 [2000] 4 MLJ 1 [2000] 4 MLJ 96 [2002] 2 MLJ 11 [2004] 4 CLJ 35 [2005] 1 MLJ 515 [2005] 3 AMR 570 [2005] 5 MLJ 1 [2018] 2 MLJ 177 [2021] 1 MLJ 391 [2024] 4 MLJ 907

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