DHAYALAN A/L SUBRAMANIAM v 1. ) PA RECRUITMENT (KL) SDN BHD 2. ) DIEBOLD NIXDORF SDN.BHD
wa-12ancvc-80-06-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 19 January 2026 • WA-12ANCvC-80-06/2025 • 20 min read
12 cases cited
(0 SG, 12 foreign)
Catchwords
Civil Procedure — Striking out — Order 18 rule 19(1)(a), (b), (d) Rules of Court 2012 — Principles governing striking out — Whether claim disclosed reasonable cause of action — Requirement of obvious unsustainability Affidavit Evidence — Affidavit affirmed by solicitor — Competency — Requirement of personal knowledge — Order 41 rule 5 Rules of Court 2012 — Solicitors not permitted to depose to disputed facts Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 — Section 15 — General duty of employer — Section 59 — Statutory bar against civil action — Claim premised on breach of OSHA — Whether sustainable Pleadings — Parties bound by pleadings — Attempt to introduce occupiers’ liability at appellate stage — Impermissible Equity — Laches — Delay in commencing proceedings — Section 32 Limitation Act 1953 — Equitable jurisdiction to refuse relief notwithstanding compliance with limitation period — Delay of almost five years unexplained Appellate Practice — Interference with discretionary decision of subordinate court — Principles — Whether Sessions Court plainly wrong — Appeal dismissed.
Practice Areas
Judges (1)
Counsel (5)
Statutes Cited
Cases Cited (12)
UK (1)
[1975] AC 396
MY (11)
[1971] 2 MLJ 196 [1979] 2 MLJ 212 [1990] 2 MLJ 152 [1993] 3 MLJ 36 [1995] 2 MLJ 276 [2001] 3 CLJ 98 [2012] MLJU 278 [2016] 3 CLJ 1 [2019] 2 MLJ 178 [2021] MLJU 175 [2023] MLJU 2338
Judgment
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