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AZMI MOHAMAD AZAM v. DIRECTOR OF JABATAN AGAMA ISLAM SARAWAK & ORS [2016] 6 CLJ 562 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Remedies - Mandamus - Applicant left Islam and embraced Christianity - Applicant applied to change name on identity card - Director-General of National Registration Malaysia informed applicant that letter of release from Islam and court order were required - Application for order of mandamus to compel respondents to issue letter of release from religion of Islam - Applicant and respondents entered into consent order agreeing to issue letter of no objection to applicant to come out of Islam - Whether Director-General of National Registration Malaysia had basis to insisted on court order to effect amendment in applicant's identity card CIVIL PROCEDURE: Jurisdiction - Syariah Court - Applicant left Islam and embraced Christianity and sought to change name on identity card - Director-General of National Registration Malaysia informed applicant that letter of release from Islam and court order were required - Applicant applied for order of mandamus to compel respondents to issue letter of release from religion of Islam - Applicant and respondents entered into consent order agreeing to issue letter of no objection to applicant to come out of Islam - Director-General of National Registration Malaysia still insisted on letter of release from Islam and court order - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to deal with apostasy matters - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to issue certificate of release from Islam WORDS & PHRASES: 'Professing' - Item 1 of List II of Ninth Schedule of Federal Constitution - Applicant left Islam and embraced Christianity - Applicant required to produce letter of release from Islam and court order - Jurisdiction of Syariah Court over persons `professing' religion of Islam - Whether applicant could be considered `professing' faith in Islam - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to issue such order YONG CHOO QUCK lwn. JOO SHING HARDWARE & ELECTRICAL SDN BHD [2016] 1 SMC 268 PROSEDUR SIVIL: Penghakiman terus - Permohonan untuk - Tuntutan hutang untuk barangan yang dihantar serah - Sama ada terdapat kecacatan dalam afidavit sokongan permohonan - Sama ada kegagalan plaintif untuk mendeposkan bahawa defendan tidak mempunyai pembelaan terhadap tuntutan plaintif boleh dipulihkan - Sama ada kehendak A. 14 k. 2 Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah 2012 dipatuhi - Sama ada ketidakaturan telah diperbetulkan melalui afidavit tambahan - Sama ada defendan mempunyai pembelaan bermerit - Sama ada terdapat isu-isu untuk dibicarakan - Sama ada permohonan dibenarkan To view a sample of the Sessions and Magistrates' Cases journal, click here. For product enquiries, contact priority@cljlaw.com. JUDICIAL QUOTES
[1] Issue: On the power of Magistrates and Sessions Court judges to expunge exhibits from the evidence in a criminal trial; and whether the learned Sessions Court judge herein could properly expunge from the evidence a police report (D3) lodged by a defence witness in relation to an arrest and release of suspects, after disbelieving the same and finding it not genuine based on testimonies of witnesses.
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CLJ 2016 Volume 6 (Part 4) COURT OF APPEAL Abdul Aziz Jamal v. PP Gwee Tong Hiang v. Boo Cheng Hau Othman Ali & Ors v. Bukit Lenang Development Sdn Bhd Peter Ola Blomqvist v. Zavarco Plc & Ors And Other Appeals Sreedevi Naidu T Sree Ramalu Naidu v. Eelasegeran T Nadarajah & Anor Sun Holding (Sun Park Hotel) Co Ltd & Ors v. Export-Import Bank Of Malaysia Bhd HIGH COURT Azmi Mohamad Azam v. Director of Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak & Ors Bandar Utama City Corporation Sdn Bhd v. Datuk Bandar, Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya Ganesan Subramaniam v. PP Misc Haulage Services Sdn Bhd & Anor v. Mohd Ali Awang & Ors Sambaga Valli KR Ponnusamy v. Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur & Ors Wedding Galore Sdn Bhd v. Rasidah Ahmad SUBJECT INDEX ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Judicial review - Certiorari - Application to quash award of Industrial Court allowing respondents' claim for backwages and compensation - Whether respondents' dismissal from employment harsh and unjust - Respondents punched cards of fellow workers who were not at work - Whether punch card misconduct a serious breach justifying summary dismissal - Whether employers' course of action in dismissing respondents justified - Whether there was violation of principles of fairness, good conscience and equity - Whether proper case warranting judicial review intervention - Whether award ought to be set aside Remedies - Mandamus - Applicant left Islam and embraced Christianity - Applicant applied to change name on identity card - Director-General of National Registration Malaysia informed applicant that letter of release from Islam and court order were required - Application for order of mandamus to compel respondents to issue letter of release from religion of Islam - Applicant and respondents entered into consent order agreeing to issue letter of no objection to applicant to come out of Islam - Whether Director-General of National Registration Malaysia had basis to insist on court order to effect amendment in applicant's identity card BANKING Banks and banking business - Facilities - Default of repayment under banking facilities agreements - Claim for outstanding sums by bank - Allegation that default in repayment caused by unlawful breaches of oral collateral contract and representation by banking officers - Borrower allegedly induced to enter into facilities agreements - Whether there was collateral agreement between parties - Whether there was representation made by bank CIVIL PROCEDURE Appeal - Appeal against Registrar's order - Assessment of damages - Whether Registrar made wholly erroneous estimate of damages - Unresolved issues regarding financial statements of plaintiff's company - Whether damages assessed ought to be reduced - Defendant's actions infringed upon constitutional rights of plaintiff - Whether justified award of exemplary damages - Emotional state of witness - Whether relevant consideration for purposes of ascertaining aggravated damages - Award for pre-judgment interest - Whether Registrar's finding could override earlier decision of trial judge Damages - Assessment of - Measure of damages - Trespass to land - Unlawful occupiers - Findings of - Whether Senior Assistant Registrar and judge in chambers misapplied correct measure of damages - Whether land markedly appreciated in value between time of purchase and date of assessment of damages - Whether damages suffered adequately compensated based on increase in market value of land - Whether there was diminution in value to land - Whether defendants occupied part of land - Whether Senior Assistant Registrar and judge in chambers erred in awarding amount of damages Jurisdiction - Forum - Proper forum to commence action - Action against company directors for breach of fiduciary duties - Company incorporated in United Kingdom with business address in Malaysia - Whether internal management of company governed by law of place of incorporation - Dealing of company shares - Whether issuance and tradability of shares governed by laws of United Kingdom - Whether dispute should be heard in Malaysian courts - Whether United Kingdom a more suitable and appropriate forum to determine dispute - Whether stay application ought to be allowed Jurisdiction - Syariah Court - Applicant left Islam and embraced Christianity and sought to change name on identity card - Director-General of National Registration Malaysia informed applicant that letter of release from Islam and court order were required - Applicant applied for order of mandamus to compel respondents to issue letter of release from religion of Islam - Applicant and respondents entered into consent order agreeing to issue letter of no objection to applicant to come out of Islam - Director-General of National Registration Malaysia still insisted on letter of release from Islam and court order - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to deal with apostasy matters - Whether Syariah Court has jurisdiction to issue certificate of release from Islam Stay of proceedings - Application for - Action against company directors for breach of fiduciary duties - Jurisdiction - Forum non conveniens - Company incorporated in United Kingdom with business address in Malaysia - Whether internal management of company governed by law of place of incorporation - Dealing of company shares - Whether issuance and tradability of shares governed by laws of United Kingdom - Whether dispute should be heard in Malaysian courts - Whether United Kingdom a more suitable and appropriate forum to determine dispute - Whether stay application ought to be allowed CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Appeal - Appeal against sentence and conviction - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Drugs found in bag carried by accused - Whether prosecution had made out case of presumed possession and direct trafficking - Whether trial judge erred in invoking double presumption of possession and trafficking - Whether conviction and sentence safe - Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, s. 39B(1)(a) Trial - Discharge - Order of discharge not amounting to acquittal - Whether justified - Whether warranted by facts and circumstances - Whether more proper to discharge accused amounting to acquittal - Criminal Procedure Code, s. 254 DAMAGES Assessment - Registrar's order - Appeal against - Whether Registrar made wholly erroneous estimate of damages - Unresolved issues regarding financial statements of plaintiff's company - Whether damages assessed ought to be reduced - Defendant's actions infringed upon constitutional rights of plaintiff - Whether justified award of exemplary damages - Emotional state of witness - Whether relevant consideration for purposes of ascertaining aggravated damages - Award for pre-judgment interest - Whether Registrar's finding could override earlier decision of trial judge EVIDENCE Adverse inference - Failure to call material witnesses - Default of repayment under banking facilities - Claim for outstanding sums under facilities agreements by bank - Allegation that default in repayment caused by unlawful breaches of oral collateral contract and representation by banking officers - Borrower allegedly induced to enter into facilities agreements - Non-calling of alleged banking officers - Whether adverse inference could be invoked FAMILY LAW Divorce - Maintenance - Interim maintenance pending hearing and disposal of petition for dissolution of marriage - Factors to be considered by court in assessing means and needs of parties - Duration of marriage - Whether there were any children - Whether husband financially supported wife during subsistence of marriage - Earning capabilities of parties - Whether divorce would have affected husband's position financially - Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, s. 102 Matrimonial property - Disposal of assets - Petitioner applied for order to restrain/bar husband from selling, mortgaging or charging properties - Whether properties acquired during marriage - Whether there was evidence that husband had or was about to dissipate properties INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Copyright - Infringement - Photographs taken from owner's Facebook without owner's approval and consent - Owner's watermark on photographs removed - Photographs printed in brochures and distributed - Whether photographs eligible for copyright - Whether there was infringement of copyright - Whether order for public apology on internet and/or social media within jurisdiction of Sessions Court - Whether damages awarded appropriate - Copyright Act 1987, s. 26(2) LABOUR LAW Dismissal - Misconduct - Respondents punched cards of fellow workers who were not at work - Whether punch card misconduct a serious breach justifying summary dismissal - Whether respondents' dismissal from employment harsh and unjust - Whether employers' course of action in dismissing respondents justified - Whether punishment of dismissal commensurate and was not disproportionate with breach of conduct STATUTORY INTERPRETATION Construction of statutes - Intention of Parliament - Government Proceedings Act 1956, ss. 5 and 6 - Whether applicable to local authority - Whether 'government' includes 'local authority' - Whether local authority is a body corporate with separate legal entity - Whether distinct from government TORT Defamation - Claim based on innuendo - Newspaper articles imputing innuendos against plaintiff - Whether articles must refer specifically to plaintiff - Whether words which raise defamatory imputations against a group was actionable by individual members - Whether impugned statements defamatory and actionable by plaintiff Defamation - Defences - Justification and fair comments - Newspaper articles imputing innuendos against plaintiff - Whether defendant justified that plaintiff was involved in shady and suspicious property dealings - Whether defendant answered 'sting' of charge against plaintiff - Whether an ordinary reasonable reader reading articles would understand it as comments - Whether comments in articles were unfair treatment against plaintiff - Whether formed strong evidence of malice - Whether defences available to defendant Trespass to land - Damages - Claim for - Assessment of - Measure of damages - Findings of - Whether Senior Assistant Registrar and judge in chambers misapplied correct measure of damages - Whether land markedly appreciated in value between time of purchase and date of assessment of damages - Whether damages suffered adequately compensated based on increase in market value of land - Whether there was diminution in value to land - Whether defendants occupied part of land - Whether Senior Assistant Registrar and judge in chambers erred in awarding amount of damages WORDS & PHRASES 'Government' - Meaning of - Whether includes local authority - Government Proceedings Act, ss. 5 & 6 'Professing' - Item 1 of List II of Ninth Schedule of Federal Constitution - Applicant left Islam and embraced Christianity - Applicant required to produce letter of release from Islam and court order - Jurisdiction of Syariah Court over persons 'professing' religion of Islam - Whether applicant could be considered 'professing' faith in Islam - 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