ANANDA KUMAR A/L KRISHNAN v LOTUS'S STORES (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD

wa-22ncc-888-12-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 12 February 2026 • WA-22NCC-888-12/2024

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Striking out — Pleadings — Application under O 18 r 19(1)(a), (b), (c) and (d) Rules of Court 2012 — Whether claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action — Whether action scandalous, frivolous or vexatious — Whether abuse of process — Principles governing striking out — Whether case “plain and obvious” — Whether triable issues disclosed — Whether fact-sensitive inquiries suitable for determination at interlocutory stage — Whether court should conduct minute examination of prior proceedings — Whether plaintiff ought to be shut out without trial Restitution — Unjust enrichment — Elements — Whether claim maintainable absent privity of contract — Whether enrichment at plaintiff’s expense sufficiently pleaded — Whether prior findings in garnishee proceedings rendered enrichment unjust — Whether restitutionary claim distinct from contractual rights — Whether issues suitable for trial Estoppel — Res judicata — Issue estoppel — Prior garnishee proceedings — Whether present claim constituted re-litigation — Whether identity of issues and causes of action established — Whether Henderson v Henderson principle applicable — Whether determination required detailed comparison of earlier proceedings — Whether suitable for striking out Limitation of Actions — Fraudulent concealment — Section 29 Limitation Act 1953 — Whether limitation defence determinable at interlocutory stage — Whether accrual of cause of action and knowledge fact-sensitive — Whether triable issue disclosed Practice and Procedure — Abuse of process — Multiple prior proceedings — Whether repeated litigation per se abusive — Whether distinct legal basis for recovery justified continuation of action — Court’s duty to balance finality with access to justice

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Muhammad Adam bin Abdullah Delivered

Parties (2)

LOTUS'S STORES Sdn Bhd Defendant Ananda Kumar a/l Krishnan Plaintiff

Judgment

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