ASM Development Sdn Bhd v Badan Pengurusan Bersama Lingkaran Maju

wa-24ncvc-528-02-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 2 July 2025 • WA-24NCvC-528-02/2025 • 31 min read

13 cases cited (0 SG, 13 foreign)

Catchwords

Whether the current proceeding is filed in a wrong forum and this Court lacks jurisdiction to determine the validity and legality of the purported Resolution - Whether only the Owners who signed the SPA would be able to seek the reliefs claimed in encl. 1 and not the developer who prepared the SPA itself - Whether the Respondent has breached paragraph 19(1)(c) of the SMA 2013 during the First AGM in passing the purported Resolution - Whether the Respondent has acted in an ultra vires and mala fide manner by determining the MCSF and making the purported Resolution null and void ab initio - Whether the SPA should be read analogously with the Deed of Mutual Covenants (‘DMC’) and any references to the SPA includes the terms in the DMC - Whether the Respondent has breached regulation 13 of the SMR 2015 by failing to provide any notice in Form 5A confirming the MCSF within 28 days after each AGM - Whether the Applicant is guilty of laches and that such delay requires the Court to dismiss the application - Whether the Applicant filed the O.S. under a bona fide intention and to uphold its legal rights under the SMA 2013 and SMR 2015 - Whether if this Court allows the Applicant’s prayers, it will prejudice the other Owners who have never questioned the rates of the MCSF

Judges (1)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Delivered

Counsel (5)

Jasbeer, Nur & Lee Firm Leong Yeng Kit & Co. Firm Jasbeer Singh Kaura Counsel Applicant Logeswari a/p Subramaniam Counsel Respondent Nakeeran Kumar a/l Kanthavel Counsel Applicant

Parties (2)

ASM Development Sdn Bhd Applicant BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA LINGKARAN MAJU Respondent

Case Significance

ASM Development Sdn Bhd v Badan Pengurusan Bersama Lingkaran Maju is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated July 2, 2025 (citation: wa-24ncvc-528-02-2025). The case was decided by Aliza binti Sulaiman.

What was the outcome of ASM Development Sdn Bhd v Badan Pengurusan Bersama Lingkaran Maju?

ASM Development Sdn Bhd v Badan Pengurusan Bersama Lingkaran Maju is a High Court decision dated July 2, 2025. The case was heard by Aliza binti Sulaiman. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Strata Titles Act 1985 (Cap 318)

s 4

Cases Cited (13)

UK (1)

[1964] 1 WLR 1019

MY (12)

[1997] 1 CLJ 396 [2003] 1 CLJ 309 [2005] 7 CLJ 289 [2013] 1 CLJ 200 [2014] 6 MLJ 262 [2016] MLJU 1721 [2019] 10 CLJ 547 [2020] 10 CLJ 285 [2020] MLJU 1415 [2022] 1 MLJ 860 [2024] 3 CLJ 177 [2024] MLJU 3502

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-24ncvc-528-02-2025)