Evidence
122 cases · May 2021 to July 2026
Case Volume by Year
1 21
4 24
33 25
84 26
2021–2026
Key Issues & Sub-Topics
Credibility of witness — Child witness — Uncorroborated evidence — Court may convict on uncorroborated evidence of child if "unusually convincing" — Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, s 18 — Whether discrepancies in testimony material — Adverse inference — Failure to call material witnesses — Whether prosecution obliged to call every possible witness — Whether inference under s 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 warranted — Witnesses not eyewitnesses to sexual acts — No adverse inference drawn 5 Murder — Appeal by Appellants who were convicted and sentenced to death by HCJ — Conduct of Appellants and abusive relationship between Appellants and Deceased prior to her death — Whether amounted to bad character — Whether HCJ had erred in taking into consideration bad character of Appellants — Evidence Act 1950, sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 14 2 Murder — Appeal by Appellants who were convicted and sentenced to death by HCJ — Evidence adduced by the prosecution entirely circumstantial — Whether HCJ had appreciated the totality of the evidence in finding the Appellants guilty beyond a reasonable doubt 2 Burden of proof — Balance of probabilities — Failure to call expert witness (arborist) — Whether adverse inference drawn — Effect where res ipsa loquitur applies 2 Burden of proof — Whether plaintiff proved disputed monies belonged exclusively to it — Whether oral evidence and contemporaneous documents supported plaintiff's construction of agreement. 1 Burden of proof — Plaintiff succeeding on strength of own case — Circumstantial evidence — Inference from proved facts — Difference between legitimate inference and conjecture — Failure to identify wrongdoer — Documentary evidence — Contemporaneous records — Computer-generated documents — Section 90A Evidence Act 1950 — Admissibility of inspection photographs — Certificate under section 90A(2) — Primary and secondary evidence — Integrity of physical exhibits — Chain of custody — Weight of evidence. 1 Admissions — Statements made by company director in separate proceedings — Whether binding admissions against company — Representative capacity — Evidential weight. 1 Affidavit evidence — Conflicting factual accounts — Whether court may resolve competing evidence on preliminary issue. 1 Matrimonial proceedings — Duty of full and frank disclosure — Failure to disclose assets — Adverse inference — Section 114(g) Evidence Act 1950. 1 Affidavit evidence — Audio recordings — Police report — Credibility — Whether disputed evidence capable of determination without trial. 1 Documentary evidence — Police report — Exhibit P11 — Complainant's police report stated that accused asked for permission to touch for treatment purposes and complainant allowed — Whether report contradicted complainant's oral testimony — Whether report supported accused's defence — Section 7 Evidence Act 1950 1 Witnesses — Prosecution witness — SP4 — Witness present throughout treatment — Witness confirmed consent was given — Witness confirmed same treatment method used on her daughter with positive results — Whether evidence of prosecution witness could support accused's defence — Credibility of witness 1 Proof of service — Registered-post receipts — Tracking records — Statutory declaration of service — Whether sufficient to establish posting and deemed service. 1 Admissions — Signed loan agreement — Statutory declaration — Borrower’s acknowledgment of receipt of RM180,000 — Whether admission against interest constitutes substantive evidence of indebtedness — Effect of admissions on evidential burden of proof — Evidence Act 1950, ss 17, 18, 21. 1 Statutory declaration — Evidential value — Commissioner for Oaths — Alleged failure to explain contents of declaration — Non-compliance with Commissioners for Oaths Rules 2018 — Whether declaration rendered void or inadmissible — Whether signed acknowledgment remained admissible as admission notwithstanding procedural irregularity. 1 Admissions — Statutory declaration — First-person acknowledgment of receipt of money — Whether admissible independently of validity of jurat or attestation process — Evidence Act 1950, ss 17, 18, 21. 1 Credibility — Borrower advancing inconsistent defences — Denial of signature — Admission of signature — Alleged deception — Partial repayment — Whether shifting and contradictory accounts undermined credibility. 1 Adverse inference — Failure to call witnesses to cash transactions — Whether adverse inference should be drawn against lender — Evidence Act 1950, s 114(g). 1 Admissions — Emails originating from company’s admitted email account — Whether admissible as admissions under Evidence Act 1950 — Whether hearsay rule applicable — Sections 17–21 Evidence Act 1950. 1 Adverse inference — Failure to call material witness — Director alleged to have authorised transaction not called — Whether adverse inference to be drawn — Section 114(g) Evidence Act 1950. 1
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Credibility of witness — Child witness — Uncorroborated evidence — Court may convict on uncorroborated evidence of child if "unusually convincing" — Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, s 18 — Whether discrepancies in testimony material — Adverse inference — Failure to call material witnesses — Whether prosecution obliged to call every possible witness — Whether inference under s 114(g) Evidence Act 1950 warranted — Witnesses not eyewitnesses to sexual acts — No adverse inference drawn 5 cases
ta-42jsksa-1-06-2025 ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
ta-42jsksa-2-06-2025 ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
ta-42jsksa-3-06-2025 ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
ta-42jsksa-4-06-2025 ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
ta-42jsksa-5-06-2025 ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
Murder — Appeal by Appellants who were convicted and sentenced to death by HCJ — Conduct of Appellants and abusive relationship between Appellants and Deceased prior to her death — Whether amounted to bad character — Whether HCJ had erred in taking into consideration bad character of Appellants — Evidence Act 1950, sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 14 2 cases
Murder — Appeal by Appellants who were convicted and sentenced to death by HCJ — Evidence adduced by the prosecution entirely circumstantial — Whether HCJ had appreciated the totality of the evidence in finding the Appellants guilty beyond a reasonable doubt 2 cases
Burden of proof — Balance of probabilities — Failure to call expert witness (arborist) — Whether adverse inference drawn — Effect where res ipsa loquitur applies 2 cases
ta-12b-7-04-2025 1. ) RAZLEEN BINTI AWANG (Menuntut sebagai balu yang sah kepada Mohd Amin Bin Ibrahim (simati), untuk gantirugi kesedihan, kehilangan tanggungan dan kerugian perbelanjaan di bawah Seksyen 7 Akta Undang-Undang Sibil 1956 (Pindaan) 2. ) XXXX v 1. ) ROADCARE (M) SDN BHD 2. ) Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia 4. ) PENGARAH JABATAN KERJA RAYA NEGERI TERENGGANU
26 January 2026
ta-12b-8-04-2025 1. ) Nur Zafirah binti Bazaredi 2. ) Norliza binti Mat Hassan v 1. ) Pengarah Jabatan Kerja Raya Negeri Terengganu 2. ) Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia 3. ) Kerajaan Malaysia 4. ) Roadcare (M) Sdn. Bhd.
26 January 2026
Burden of proof — Whether plaintiff proved disputed monies belonged exclusively to it — Whether oral evidence and contemporaneous documents supported plaintiff's construction of agreement. 1 case
Burden of proof — Plaintiff succeeding on strength of own case — Circumstantial evidence — Inference from proved facts — Difference between legitimate inference and conjecture — Failure to identify wrongdoer — Documentary evidence — Contemporaneous records — Computer-generated documents — Section 90A Evidence Act 1950 — Admissibility of inspection photographs — Certificate under section 90A(2) — Primary and secondary evidence — Integrity of physical exhibits — Chain of custody — Weight of evidence. 1 case
Admissions — Statements made by company director in separate proceedings — Whether binding admissions against company — Representative capacity — Evidential weight. 1 case
Affidavit evidence — Conflicting factual accounts — Whether court may resolve competing evidence on preliminary issue. 1 case
Matrimonial proceedings — Duty of full and frank disclosure — Failure to disclose assets — Adverse inference — Section 114(g) Evidence Act 1950. 1 case
Affidavit evidence — Audio recordings — Police report — Credibility — Whether disputed evidence capable of determination without trial. 1 case
Documentary evidence — Police report — Exhibit P11 — Complainant's police report stated that accused asked for permission to touch for treatment purposes and complainant allowed — Whether report contradicted complainant's oral testimony — Whether report supported accused's defence — Section 7 Evidence Act 1950 1 case
Witnesses — Prosecution witness — SP4 — Witness present throughout treatment — Witness confirmed consent was given — Witness confirmed same treatment method used on her daughter with positive results — Whether evidence of prosecution witness could support accused's defence — Credibility of witness 1 case
Proof of service — Registered-post receipts — Tracking records — Statutory declaration of service — Whether sufficient to establish posting and deemed service. 1 case
Admissions — Signed loan agreement — Statutory declaration — Borrower’s acknowledgment of receipt of RM180,000 — Whether admission against interest constitutes substantive evidence of indebtedness — Effect of admissions on evidential burden of proof — Evidence Act 1950, ss 17, 18, 21. 1 case
Statutory declaration — Evidential value — Commissioner for Oaths — Alleged failure to explain contents of declaration — Non-compliance with Commissioners for Oaths Rules 2018 — Whether declaration rendered void or inadmissible — Whether signed acknowledgment remained admissible as admission notwithstanding procedural irregularity. 1 case
Admissions — Statutory declaration — First-person acknowledgment of receipt of money — Whether admissible independently of validity of jurat or attestation process — Evidence Act 1950, ss 17, 18, 21. 1 case
Credibility — Borrower advancing inconsistent defences — Denial of signature — Admission of signature — Alleged deception — Partial repayment — Whether shifting and contradictory accounts undermined credibility. 1 case
Adverse inference — Failure to call witnesses to cash transactions — Whether adverse inference should be drawn against lender — Evidence Act 1950, s 114(g). 1 case
Admissions — Emails originating from company’s admitted email account — Whether admissible as admissions under Evidence Act 1950 — Whether hearsay rule applicable — Sections 17–21 Evidence Act 1950. 1 case
Admission — Taxpayer’s contemporaneous correspondence — Statement acknowledging claims made without GST due to perceived exemption — Whether admission inconsistent with alleged joint venture relationship — Evidence Act 1950, s 58. 1 case
Audio recording — Audio transcription — Objection to adducing recording and transcription at trial — Recording and transcription exhibited to affidavit not expunged by earlier court order — Whether interlocutory order expunging affidavit operated to exclude recording and transcription from trial — Whether admissibility, authenticity and weight matters for trial court — Evidence Act 1950, ss 3, 62, 90A 1 case
Documentary evidence — Computer-generated document — Audio recording transferred to computer and copied onto DVD — Requirement of authentication and statutory foundation — Whether admissibility to be determined at trial — Evidence Act 1950, s 90A 1 case
Covert recording — Recording made without consent — Whether lack of consent rendered recording inadmissible — Whether issue of admissibility to be determined at trial 1 case
Affidavit Evidence — Uncontroverted evidence — Weight to be attached to uncontested affidavits — Court’s continuing obligation to evaluate evidence notwithstanding absence of dispute. 1 case
Hearsay — Statements allegedly made by deceased witnesses to investigating officer — Non-production of statements recorded under s 112 Criminal Procedure Code — Whether investigating officer's evidence admissible to prove ownership of bag containing drugs. 1 case
Contradiction of witnesses — Investigating officer testifying that occupants of house identified bag as belonging to accused — Prosecution witness testifying she never saw accused carrying bag and first saw bag at police station — Whether contradiction material. 1 case
Fingerprint analysis — Failure to conduct or produce forensic examination of exhibits — Circumstantial case depending on inference of possession — Whether omission materially weakened prosecution case. 1 case
Key Statutes
Evidence Act 1950
cited in 21 cases Rules of Court 2012
cited in 12 cases Contracts Act 1950
cited in 9 cases Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
cited in 3 cases Penal Code (Cap 574)
cited in 3 cases Criminal Procedure Code (Cap 593)
cited in 3 cases Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Cap 234)
cited in 2 cases Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Act 2023
cited in 1 case Federal Constitution
cited in 1 case Defamation Act 1957
cited in 1 case Specific Relief Act 1950 (Cap 137)
cited in 1 case National Land Code (Cap 828)
cited in 1 case Stamp Act 1949 (Cap 378)
cited in 1 case EPF Act 1991
cited in 1 case EPF Act
cited in 1 case Court Distribution
Key People & Firms
Top Judges
Raja Segaran a/l S.krishnan 32 Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff 29 Moh Kok Wai 13 Mahazan binti Mat Taib 8 Avinder Singh Gill a/l Ranjit Singh 6 Mohd Radzi bin Harun 4 Shamsulbahri bin Haji Ibrahim 3 Shamsul Bahrin bin Abdul Manaf 3 Azhahari Kamal bin Ramli 3 Kan Weng Hin 3 Jamhirah binti Ali 2 Muhammad Adam @ Edward bin Abdullah 2 Muhammad Adam bin Abdullah 2 Mohd Arief Emran bin Arifin 2 Su Tiang Joo 2
Top Firms
Murugesan Sinnandavar & Association 5 Pejabat Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Terengganu 4 CK Lim Law Chambers 2 Shook Lin & Bok 2 Peters Chambers 2 Rajagopal & Co. 1 Azhier Arisin & Co 1 Richard Wee Chambers 1 Horley Isaacs & Associates 1 KS Chew & Associates 1 SL Lim & Lui 1 Raja Seelan & Associates 1 CH Yeap Maluda Cheh 1 Yusfarizal Aziz & Zaid 1 Azam Baba & Aqmar 1
Top Lawyers
Rajenthira Kumar 5 S. Murugesan 5 Noradila Binti Ab Latif 4 Lim Choon Khim 2 Nur Atifah Binti Manaf 2 Tan Gian Chung 2 Jude Peters 2 Dinesh Kannen 2 David Yii Hee Kiet 1 Nurul Idayu Binti Harun 1 Remi Pereira 1 Nik Mohd Fadli bin Nik Azlan 1 Mohd Azhier Farhan Bin Arisin 1 Leong Zhi Hong 1 Lim Yi Xuan 1
Cases
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LIM KEEM KOK & SONS REALTY SDN. BHD. v TENAGA NASIONAL BERHAD
8 July 2026
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ma-21ncvc-5-10-2024
SYNTAX VALLEY PARKING (M) SDN BHD v Majlis Bandaraya Melaka Bersejarah (MBMB)
2 July 2026
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ma-33-73-07-2024
TAY HWEE LAN v 1. ) EE KIM SEONG 2. ) NG WEI JI
2 July 2026
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ma-24ncvc-375-09-2025
MOHD HUSZAD BIN MOHAMED ALI v 1. ) ABU BAKAR BIN AHMAD 2. ) ISMAIL BIN JOHAN
30 June 2026
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ta-41lb-10-09-2025
Pendakwa Raya v RULAM AKBAL BIN ABD MANAN
29 June 2026
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ma-24fc-37-03-2025
AFFIN BANK BERHAD v GAINVEST BUILDERS (M) SDN. BHD.
25 June 2026
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ma-12bncc-1-01-2026
NG SOO SUAN v DANIEL TAN SOO LEONG
18 June 2026
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ma-22ncc-7-05-2021
CIMB BANK BERHAD v GERAK JALINAN SDN BHD
18 June 2026
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ma-12gs-1-10-2025
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17 June 2026
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ma-22ncvc-3-01-2022
YEO GEOK BENG v 1. ) GOLDSAND JV SDN BHD 2. ) DATO' SRI DANNY YIN YEW KUAN
15 June 2026
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ma-33jp-265-12-2022
1. ) GAYATHIRI A/P KUTTAPU 2. ) P JAGAN A/L PANJANGMUTY
15 June 2026
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da-45a-43-12-2021
PENDAKWA RAYA Pendakwa Raya [Pendakwa Raya] TERTUDUH MOHD RIZUAN BIN MOHD ZALIL
14 June 2026
MYHC
ta-42jsksa-1-06-2025
ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
MYHC
ta-42jsksa-2-06-2025
ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
MYHC
ta-42jsksa-3-06-2025
ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
MYHC
ta-42jsksa-4-06-2025
ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
MYHC
ta-42jsksa-5-06-2025
ROSLI BIN ABD RAHMAN v Pendakwa Raya
7 June 2026
MYHC
wa-22ncvc-305-04-2021
1. ) KIRUBAGHARAN A/L SIVANADHAM 2. ) FARAMALA DAWI A/P SAMY DURAI 3. ) Thamil Selvi A/p Letchumanan Pillai v 1. ) HARTAWAN PASIFIK SDN BHD 2. ) KHALID HAJI AHMAD (Berniaga dibawah nama dan gaya Khalid Ahmad Architects) 3. ) PERUNDING JPC SDN BHD
3 June 2026
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ma-21ncvc-29-12-2021
MOHD EZAQ EKMAL BIN MAHAD v 1. ) Ab Karim Bin Dolmat Sebagai Wakil Diri Kepada Harta Pusaka Salehar Binti Selim 2. ) Kerajaan Negeri Melaka
27 May 2026
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ma-33-11-01-2024
NGOH MOEI CHIN v 1. ) PALMANI THEVAN A/L BALAKRISHNAN 2. ) JANAKI A/P SUPURMANIAM
27 May 2026
MYHC
ma-15-7-06-2024
MARSHILAH BINTI ISMAIL v Pentadbir Tanah Daerah Melaka Tengah
24 May 2026
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ma-33-77-10-2025
WONG JUAN YONG v WONG WEI TING
24 May 2026
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wa-22ncvc-675-12-2023
TEC D DISTRIBUTION (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD v 1. ) IRIS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS SDN BHD 2. ) IRIS CORPORATION BERHAD
24 May 2026
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wa-22ncvc-208-04-2019
1. ) SUHIRTHARATNAM A/L K. KULARATNAM 2. ) SHARMINI A/P KANAGASABAI v 1. ) KOPERASI PEKERJA JAYA BHD 2. ) GOPALAKRISHNAN A/L V. SUBRAMANIAM
21 May 2026
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