Savatery A/p Jayaraman v ADVANCED FERTILIZER MANUFACTURER SDN BHD PENCELAH Teoh Ying Rin

wa-28ncc-1116-11-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 25 January 2026 • WA-28NCC-1116-11/2023 • 6 min read

3 cases cited (0 SG, 3 foreign)

Catchwords

Company law – Winding up Petition– Just and equitable ground – Breakdown of mutual trust and confidence – Shareholders’ dispute – Whether dispute relates to management and affairs of company or private matters – Alleged conflict arising from probate proceedings and estate of deceased shareholder – Whether such dispute justifies winding up – Requirement of lack of probity or misconduct in company’s affairs – Whether evidence of mismanagement or dishonesty established – Deadlock in management – Whether deadlock attributable to petitioner’s own conduct – Refusal to perform directors’ statutory duties – Whether winding up is remedy of last resort - Whether petitioner bound by pleaded grounds in petition – Sections 464(1)(c) and 465(1)(h) Companies Act 2016 – Whether petition ought to be dismissed

Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Suhendran Sockanathan Delivered

Counsel (8)

Izral Partnership Firm Zaid Ibrahim Suflan T H Liew & Partners Firm Andrew Phua Counsel Intervener Divesh Ramani Counsel Petitioner Liew Tech Huat Counsel Petitioner Lim Qi Si Counsel Petitioner Ong Kang Nyong Counsel Petitioner Tharminder Singh Counsel Intervener

Parties (3)

ADVANCED FERTILIZER MANUFACTURER Sdn Bhd Respondent Savatery a/p Jayaraman Petitioner Teoh Ying Rin Intervener

Cases Cited (3)

UK (1)

[1924] AC 783

MY (2)

[2022] 6 MLJ 276 [2022] MLJU 3483

Judgment

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