Thilagawathi A/p K Kathirasu (Mendakwa Sebagai Pelaksana Harta Pesaka Si Mati V Selvaratnam A/l S Vallipuram Melalui Geran Probet Bertarikh 24.5.2023 Dalam Saman Pemulano. Ba-32ncvc-486-05/2023 Di Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya Di Shah Alam, Selangor) v 1. ) INSTITUT JANTUNG NEGARA SDN BHD 2. ) TAN SRI DR NOOR HISHAM ABDULLAH 3. ) DATUK SAAT BIN ESA 4. ) MOHD IZANI BIN GHANI 5. ) ROZIDA BINTI ZAINUL ABIDIN 6. ) DATUK DR MUHAMMAD RADZI BIN ABU HASSAN 7. ) HASMARULAINI BINTI OMAR 8. ) DATO' SERI PROF D...

wa-21ncvc-1-01-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 22 September 2024 • WA-21NCvC-1-01/2024 • 11 min read
2 cases cited (0 SG, 2 foreign)

Catchwords

Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd which runs Institut Jantung Negara is a separate legal entity from the Government of Malaysia – Government of Malaysia not vicariously liable for alleged negligence of IJN doctors – Director-General of Health Ministry and other directors of Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd also not vicariously liable – Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd to be regarded as company under Companies Act 2016 – S.20 & 21 Companies Act 2016 applicable – Plaintiff’s cause of action only against Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd and doctors who treated the patient – Claim against directors of Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd obviously unsustainable – Striking-out application must be allowed so that unrelated professionals and directors of Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd are not unnecessarily dragged through a trial – Purpose of O.18 r.19 is to nip unsustainable actions in the bud

Judges (1)

Gan Techiong Delivered

Counsel (11)

Azim, Tunku Farik & Wong Firm Jabatan Peguam Negara Firm Shearn Delamore Firm Vinod Kamalanathan & Associates Firm Amos Siew Counsel Defendant Anisah Normah Counsel Defendant Christal Wong Counsel Defendant Husnia Hanapi Counsel Defendant Muhammad Azim Akif Counsel Plaintiff Vinod A/L R. Kamalanathan Counsel Plaintiff Wong Ik Ling Counsel Defendant

Parties (13)

INSTITUT JANTUNG NEGARA Sdn Bhd Defendant Kerajaan Malaysia Defendant Dato Dr Thiru Kumar a/l Namasiwayam Defendant Dato Seri Dr Mohd Azhari bin Yakub Defendant Dato' Dr Suneta binti Sulaiman Defendant Dato' Seri Prof Dr Ir Zaini bin Ujang Defendant Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi bin Abu Hassan Defendant Datuk Saat bin Esa Defendant Hasmarulaini binti Omar Defendant Mohd Izani bin Ghani Defendant Rozida binti Zainul Abidin Defendant Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah Defendant Thilagawathi a/p K Kathirasu Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (2)

MY (2)
[2005] 3 CLJ 355 [2014] 3 CLJ 73

Judgment

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