VKPT SDN BHD v LLC INFRA SDN BHD

w-02ncca-171-02-2025 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 14 June 2026 • W-02(NCC)(A)-171-02/2025 • 40 min read

24 cases cited (0 SG, 24 foreign)

Catchwords

does the temporary finality conferred by section 13 of CIPAA translate into the kind of indisputability that forecloses a debtor company’s right to raise a genuine dispute on substantial grounds under section 466 of the CA 2016 - can the respondent company nonetheless resist the petition by asserting that it has a genuine dispute based on substantial grounds and or a cross-claim or set-off equal to or exceeding the adjudicated debt - The Applicable Test: Genuine Dispute on Substantial Grounds.

Judges (3)

Dean Wayne Daly Coram Mohd Firuz bin Jaffril Coram Ong Chee Kwan Delivered

Counsel (5)

Gan Partnership Firm Ganesh Azhar & Associates Firm Ganesh a/l Magenthiran Counsel Appellant Suronmani A/P Krishnan Counsel Appellant Tasha Lim Yi Chien Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

LLC INFRA Sdn Bhd Respondent VKPT Sdn Bhd Appellant

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (24)

UK (3)

[1976] 1 WLR 757 [2014] EWCA Civ 1575 [2024] UKPC 16

MY (21)

[1982] 1 MLJ 65 [1982] 2 MLJ 37 [1989] 2 MLJ 35 [1995] 3 MLJ 331 [2000] 6 CLJ 21 [2001] 4 MLJ 187 [2006] 2 MLJ 602 [2007] 3 CLJ 295 [2008] 1 MLJ 452 [2011] 1 CLJ 947 [2011] 4 CLJ 416 [2014] 11 MLJ 916 [2015] MLJU 1983 [2019] 2 MLJ 362 [2019] 3 MLJ 244 [2020] MLJU 606 [2021] 8 MLJ 99 [2021] MLJU 374 [2022] 1 MLJ 385 [2022] 1 MLJ 458 [2024] 4 MLJ 67

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