BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACHAND 2. ) RAJESH S/O JAIKISHAN BUKAN PIHAK-PIHAK REAPFIELD PROPERTIES SDN BHD

wa-22m-88-01-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 1 September 2025 • WA-22M-88-01/2023 • 19 min read

14 cases cited (2 SG, 12 foreign)

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Discovery — Documents referred to in pleadings — Meaning of “referred to” — Whether pleadings that narrate an outcome amount to reference — Whether inferential mention sufficient — Whether applicant must establish direct reference in pleading or affidavit — Relevance and necessity — Whether documents sought relate to issues pleaded — Whether discovery can be used to construct unpleaded causes of action — Whether necessity equated with usefulness — “Necessity” must advance or contradict specific factual proposition — Whether application brought under wrong rule — Specific discovery before general discovery — Whether court may cure procedural defect by invoking inherent powers — Fishing expedition — Whether applications amounted to speculative search for new defence — Whether discovery sought to delay trial and shift evidential burden — Whether handwritten note of a Minister on appeal letter amounts to a mandatory minister’s direction — Rules of Court 2012, O 24 rr 3(4), 7(4), 8, 10(1), 11, 13(1), O 92 r 4 — Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s 25(2) & Paragraph 14 of the Schedule — Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad (Special Provisions) Act 1978, ss 4, 5(1), 6, 14 & 16 – Development Financial Institutions Act 2002 ss. 5 & 5A.

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff Delivered

Counsel (2)

Bhavanash Sharma Firm Chetna Brijmohan Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT BERHAD Plaintiff REAPFIELD PROPERTIES Sdn Bhd Non Party Deepak Jaikishan s/o Jaikishan Rewachand Defendant Rajesh s/o Jaikishan Defendant

Case Significance

BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACH... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated September 1, 2025 (citation: wa-22m-88-01-2023). The case was decided by Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff.

What was the outcome of BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACH...?

BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACH... is a High Court decision dated September 1, 2025. The case was heard by Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Cap 91)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (14)

SG (1)

[2004] SGHC 155

SLR (1)

[2002] 2 SLR(R) 465

UK (2)

[1949] 1 KB 632 [1990] All ER 890

MY (10)

[1992] 2 MLJ 851 [1993] 2 CLJ 581 [2003] MLJU 371 [2008] 3 MLJ 625 [2009] 5 MLJ 40 [2018] MLJU 367 [2020] MLJU 1421 [2020] MLJU 1865 [2022] 7 MLJ 697 [2025] 10 MLJ 310

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-22m-88-01-2023)