1. ) Shazwani binti Azami 2. ) XXXX v 1. ) Kerajaan Malaysia 2. ) Rawang Specialist Hospital Sdn Bhd 3. ) Institut Jantung Negara Sdn Bhd

wa-24ncvc-3324-09-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 27 November 2024 • WA-24NCvC-3324-09/2024 • 9 min read

1 cases cited (0 SG, 1 foreign)

Catchwords

The Plaintiffs applied for discovery of documents from the 3 Defendants named by virtue of Order 24 7A of the Rules of Court 2012 (“the Rules”) Based on the factors above the Court regards the Plaintiffs’ application nothing more than a fishing expedition and an attempt to finds faults on the medical condition suffered by the 2nd Plaintiff. 20.In the case of Dato Amar James Wong Kim Min & Anor V Pendaftar Pertubuhan [2004] 6 MLJ 235 the Court observed “To me the applicants must be specific to the documents they are requesting for disclosure. Otherwise, their application will turn out to be fishing expedition. This court is not going to issue the applicants the fishing license” In the upshot the Court dismissed the Plaintiffs Originating Summons albeit with no order as to cost.

Judges (1)

Akhtar bin Tahir Delivered

Counsel (3)

P.S. Ranjan & Co. Firm Navpreet Kaur Counsel Plaintiff Nur Melati Diana binti Abd Wahab Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

INSTITUT JANTUNG NEGARA Sdn Bhd Respondent Kerajaan Malaysia Respondent Rawang Specialist Hospital Sdn Bhd Respondent Shazwani binti Azami Applicant

Cases Cited (1)

MY (1)

[2004] 6 MLJ 235

Judgment

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