Pembinaan BY Sdn. Bhd. v Minda Muhibah Sdn. bhd. PENCELAH China State Construction Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd

wa-28jm-9-06-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 26 October 2025 • WA-28JM-9-06/2025 • 43 min read
35 cases cited (1 SG, 34 foreign)

Catchwords

Company law-Judicial Management-Application for Judicial Management Order-Section 405 Companies Act 2016-Pre-conditions for grant of judicial management order-Whether objectives in S.405 (1)(b) likely to be achieved-Severe Insolvent-Lack of funding to complete projects-Rights of unsecured creditor-Locus to intervene-Conflict in Court of Appeal decisions-Interpretation of Rule 13 Corporate Rescue Mechanism Rules 2018-Application for Nunc pro tunc leave -Whether winding-up petition filed during moratorium can be validated.

Judges (1)

Suhendran Sockanathan Delivered

Parties (3)

China State Construction Engineering Sdn Bhd Intervener Minda Muhibah Sdn Bhd Respondent Pembinaan BY Sdn Bhd Applicant

Case Significance

Pembinaan BY Sdn. Bhd. v Minda Muhibah Sdn. bhd. PENCELAH China State Constru... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated October 26, 2025 (citation: wa-28jm-9-06-2025). The case was decided by Suhendran Sockanathan.

What was the outcome of Pembinaan BY Sdn. Bhd. v Minda Muhibah Sdn. bhd. PENCELAH China State Constru...?

Pembinaan BY Sdn. Bhd. v Minda Muhibah Sdn. bhd. PENCELAH China State Constru... is a High Court decision dated October 26, 2025. The case was heard by Suhendran Sockanathan. See the full judgment for details.

Statutes Cited

Arbitration Act 2005 (Cap 646)
Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
s 405(1)(b)
Rules of Court 2012
UK Insolvency Act 1986
s 8(1)(b)

Cases Cited (35)

SLR (1)
[1994] 2 SLR(R) 298
UK (7)
[1944] KB 718 [1955] 2 QB 379 [1972] AC 1027 [1979] Ch 384 [1989] 1 WLR 368 [2004] EWHC 2430 [2022] 3 WLR 709
MY (27)
[1969] 2 MLJ 52 [1990] 2 MLJ 21 [1998] 1 MLJ 1 [2001] 4 MLJ 187 [2005] 6 MLJ 120 [2006] 4 MLJ 113 [2017] MLJU 12 [2019] 8 MLJ 473 [2019] MLJU 148 [2020] 5 MLJ 614 [2020] MLJU 2013 [2021] 9 MLJ 618 [2021] MLJU 1326 [2021] MLJU 310 [2022] 11 MLJ 464 [2022] 6 MLJ 304 [2022] MLJU 2822 [2023] 11 MLJ 42 [2023] 11 MLJ 457 [2023] 5 CLJ 628 [2023] 5 MLJ 900 [2023] 7 MLJ 399 [2023] MLJU 94 [2024] MLJU 2986 [2025] 8 MLJ 875 [2025] MLJU 2076 [2025] MLJU 2598

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-28jm-9-06-2025)