YAP TEAK SING v PESURUHJAYA BANGUNAN DEWAN BANDARAYA KUALA LUMPUR

wa-25-293-09-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 30 March 2026 • WA-25-293-09/2023 • 33 min read

25 cases cited (0 SG, 25 foreign)

Catchwords

Whether the application for judicial review is academic - Whether the Respondent failed to raise certain issues/ arguments in his affidavits - Whether the Impugned Decision is (i) tainted with illegality, error of law and lack of jurisdiction; and/ or (ii) irrational, unreasonable and disproportionate, and the Respondent had committed procedural error

Judges (1)

Aliza binti Sulaiman Delivered

Counsel (4)

Haris Salleh & Co. Firm Nandrajog Firm Dhinesh Nandrajog Counsel Applicant Mohd. Ruzaini bin Zulkifli Counsel Respondent

Parties (2)

Pesuruhjaya Bangunan Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur Respondent Yap Teak Sing Applicant

Statutes Cited

Specific Relief Act 1950

s 44(1)

Cases Cited (25)

UK (2)

[1948] 1 KB 223 [1985] 1 AC 374

MY (23)

[1991] 1 MLJ 417 [1993] 3 MLJ 303 [1997] 1 MLJ 145 [1997] 1 MLJ 789 [1997] 2 CLJ 11 [1998] 1 CLJ 227 [1998] 2 MLJ 137 [1999] 3 CLJ 65 [1999] 4 MLJ 177 [2004] 2 MLJ 288 [2005] 4 MLJ 251 [2006] 4 MLJ 113 [2010] 4 MLJ 360 [2010] 6 MLJ 1 [2015] 5 CLJ 1 [2017] 2 CLJ 1 [2018] 7 MLJ 768 [2020] 4 MLJ 773 [2021] 2 CLJ 808 [2023] 5 CLJ 167 [2025] 1 CLJ 555 [2026] MLJU 1002 [2026] MLJU 580

Judgment

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