MAHAJOTH SINGH A/L DARSHAN SINGH v Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) PENCELAH DICADANGKAN BADAN PEGUAM MALAYSIA

wa-25-419-12-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 29 January 2026 • WA-25-419-12/2025 • 12 min read

5 cases cited (0 SG, 5 foreign)

Catchwords

Judicial review-applicant an advocate and solicitor-issued Notices under s. 30(1)(a) and (b) of MACC Act-solicitor client privilege relied on-whether failure on part of MACC to comply with s. 46 of MACC Act-whether Notices must precede with Order from the High Court-issuance of Notices in the course of investigation-whether amenable to judicial review-whether Applicant entitled to allege bad faith and mala fide as the provisions of s. 126 of Evidence Act ignored

Judges (1)

Alice Loke Yee Ching Delivered

Counsel (11)

Raj & Sach Firm Amanda Sonia Mathew Counsel Applicant Krishna Priya a/p Veenagopal @ Venugopal Counsel Respondent N. Surendran Counsel Applicant Nurhafizza Hassan Counsel Respondent Rajesh Nagarajan Counsel Applicant Reenajit Kaur Golam Counsel Applicant Shahid Ali Kamaruddin Counsel Applicant Shamsul Bohassan Counsel Respondent Wan Nabilah Dina Counsel Applicant Zaid Malek Counsel Applicant

Parties (3)

BADAN PEGUAM MALAYSIA Proposed Intervener Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia Respondent Mahajoth Singh a/l Darshan Singh Applicant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act

s 126

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)

MACC Act

s 30(1)(a) s 30(1)(b) s 46 s 46(1)

Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (5)

MY (5)

[2012] 1 CLJ 805 [2012] 4 CLJ 478 [2016] 1 MLJ 544 [2017] 5 MLJ 349 [2020] 5 MLJ 207

Judgment

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