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PATHMANATHAN KRISHNAN v. INDIRA GANDHI MUTHO & OTHER APPEALS [2016] 1 CLJ 911 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Whether within exclusive jurisdiction of Shariah Court - Certificates of Conversion - Certificates issued by Islamic religious authorities - Whether an administrative decision - Whether amenable to judicial review - Whether conversion lawful and constitutional - Federal Constitution, arts. 3, 5, 8, 11, 12 - Administration of the Religion of Islam (Perak) Enactment 2004, ss. 96, 101, 106 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Application for review of decisions of Islamic religious authorities - Principles - Issues before High Court - Whether only that of legality of conversion process - Whether High Court decided on legality of conversion instead - Whether a misdirection CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Fundamental liberties - Right to practice one's religion - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Conversion at instance of a converting parent - Whether single parent could lawfully convert children to Islam - Whether requiring consent of both parents - Whether conversion contravened fundamental liberties provisions of Constitution - Whether conversion lawful and constitutional - Federal Constitution, arts. 3, 5, 8, 11, 12 ISLAMIC LAW: Convert - Conversion to Islam - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Jurisdiction - Whether within exclusive jurisdiction of Shariah Court - Certificates of Conversion - Whether conclusive proof of facts stated therein - Judicial review - Whether matter could properly be heard by Civil High Court - Whether single parent could convert children to Islam - Whether conversion lawful and constitutional - Federal Constitution, arts. 3, 5, 8, 11, 12 - Administration of the Religion of Islam (Perak) Enactment 2004, ss. 96, 101, 106 TENAGA NASIONAL BHD lwn. WEE KIM HOCK [2015] 2 SMC 311 UTILITI-UTILITI: Elektrik - Bayaran elektrik - Usikan pada meter elektrik - Samada dibuktikan - Pertukaran kepada meter elektrik baru - Samada pertukaran meter punca berlakunya perubahan bacaan secara mendadak - Hasil ujian kejituan - Samada terdapat ralat pada bacaan meter - Kesan calar pada bahagian bawah permukaan ceper meter - Samada dikesan - Samada bacaan tepat direkodkan - Samada plaintif berhak menuntut jumlah terkurang bil daripada defendan - Akta Bekalan Elektrik 1990, ss. 37(3), 38(3), (4) & (5) â?< To view a sample of the Sessions and Magistrates' Cases journal, click here. For product enquiries, contact priority@cljlaw.com. |
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CLJ 2016 Volume 1 (Part 6) COURT OF APPEAL Encony Development Sdn Bhd v. Robert Geoffrey Gooch & Anor Pathmanathan Krishnan v. Indira Gandhi Mutho & Other Appeals United Trade Arena (M) Sdn Bhd & Ors v. Bank Pertanian Malaysia Bhd HIGH COURT Affin Bank Bhd lwn. Blue Valley Plantation Bhd; Pylon Range Sdn Bhd (Pemohon); Sengodan Muthu & Yang Lain (Pencelah-pencelah) BRG Brilliant Rubber Goods (M) Sdn Bhd v. Leong Choon Loy Trading As Hillway Trading; The Registrar Of Trade Marks, Malaysia (Interested Party) Dalam Perkara Permohonan Ahmad Yahaya; Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang (Pencelah) Mugilan Monyarasu lwn. Menteri Dalam Negeri, Malaysia & Yang Lain PP v. Mohd Nizam Abdul Kassim & Anor Wang Xiao & Anor v. Kok Weng Tuck & Ors SUBJECT INDEX ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Whether within exclusive jurisdiction of Shariah Court - Certificates of Conversion - Certificates issued by Islamic religious authorities - Whether an administrative decision - Whether amenable to judicial review - Whether conversion lawful and constitutional - Federal Constitution, arts. 3, 5, 8, 11, 12 - Administration of the Religion of Islam (Perak) Enactment 2004, ss. 96, 101, 106 Judicial review - Jurisdiction - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Application for review of decisions of Islamic religious authorities - Principles - Issues before High Court - Whether only that of legality of conversion process - Whether High Court decided on legality of conversion instead - Whether a misdirection BANKING Banks and banking business - Islamic banking facility - Financing - Al-bai bithamin ajil financing facility - Customer failed and neglected to pay instalments of sale price - Whether progressive disbursement of funds by bank complied with terms of utilisation notice in asset sale and asset purchase agreements - Whether facility granted Syariah-compliant - Whether tainted with element of gharar - Principle of iqolah CIVIL PROCEDURE Summary judgment - Appeal - Appeal against judgment in favour of bank - Bank granted al-bai bithamin ajil financing facility to customer - Customer failed and neglected to pay instalments of sale price - Whether there were triable issues - Whether summary judgment ought to be given to bank despite filing of counterclaim and set-off by customer CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Fundamental liberties - Right to practice one's religion - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Conversion at instance of a converting parent - Whether single parent could lawfully convert children to Islam - Whether requiring consent of both parents - Whether conversion contravened fundamental liberties provisions of Constitution - Whether conversion lawful and constitutional - Federal Constitution, arts. 3, 5, 8, 11, 12 CRIMINAL LAW Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking 266.5g cannabis - Prima facie case - Whether established - Whether second accused had requisite knowledge of drugs found in car - Contradictions in prosecution evidence - Whether benefit of doubt given to second accused - Whether mere proximity to drugs sufficient to fasten possession upon second accused - Whether 'shocked and anxious' reaction displayed by second accused sufficient to infer knowledge - Whether there was prior meeting of minds between first and second accused - Whether there was common intention - Whether prosecution failed to invoke presumption of trafficking under s. 37(da) of Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Evidence Act 1950, s. 8 - Penal Code, s. 34 Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 - Section 39B(1)(a) - Trafficking 266.5g of cannabis - Common intention - Whether established - Mere presence of accused at scene where drugs were found - Whether sufficient to raise common intention - Whether there was prior meeting of minds between first and second accused - Penal Code, s. 34 CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Appeal - Appeal against acquittal and discharge - Trafficking in dangerous drugs - Whether second accused had requisite knowledge of drugs found in car - Contradictions in prosecution's case - Whether benefit of doubt given to second accused - Whether mere proximity to drugs sufficient to fasten possession upon second accused - Whether there was prior meeting of minds between first and second accused - Whether there was common intention - Whether prosecution failed to invoke presumption of trafficking under s. 37(da) of Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Trade marks - Registration of trade mark - Plaintiff opposed Registrar's decision in allowing registration of defendant's ROYAL POLO mark - Whether marks confusingly and deceptively similar to plaintiff's POLO trade mark - Whether marks were visually, conceptually and phonetically different - Whether word 'Royal' made defendant's mark different from plaintiff's registered mark - Whether plaintiff could seek to claim monopoly over generic and non-distinctive word 'Polo' - Whether defendant's filing of trade mark bona fide - Whether defendant's mark distinguishable from plaintiff's - Whether public would be deceived that goods bearing defendant's Royal Polo mark could be associated with plaintiff's Polo marks - Trade Marks Act 1976, ss. 14(1), 19(1), 82(2) ISLAMIC LAW Convert - Conversion to Islam - Conversion of non-Muslim children to religion of Islam - Jurisdiction - Whether within exclusive jurisdiction of Shariah Court - Certificates of Conversion - Whether conclusive proof of facts stated therein - Judicial review - Whether matter could properly be heard by Civil High Court - Whether single parent could convert children to Islam - Whether conversion lawful and constitutional - Federal Constitution, arts. 3, 5, 8, 11, 12 - Administration of the Religion of Islam (Perak) Enactment 2004, ss. 96, 101, 106 LAND LAW Housing developers - Sale and purchase agreement ('SPA') - Condominium unit - Termination due to plaintiffs' failure to make progressive payments - Whether progress payments only payable when defendant made good its representations of date of completion of project - Whether there was a collateral contract subsisting - Whether collateral contract could subsist alongside statutory form of contract as prescribed under reg. 11 of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 in Schedule H - Whether collateral contract in direct conflict with express terms of SPA - Whether statutory form SPA executed subsequent to oral representations - Whether defendant agreed to defer progress billing until representations of collateral contract fulfilled - Whether failure to make progress payments amounted to fundamental breach of agreement - Whether defendant entitled to terminate SPA - Evidence Act 1950, s. 91 Housing developers - Sale and purchase agreement ('SPA') - Terms thereof - Whether statutory in nature - Whether collateral contract could subsist alongside statutory form of contract as prescribed under reg. 11 of the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Regulations 1989 in Schedule H - Whether collateral contract in direct conflict with express terms of SPA - Whether statutory form SPA executed subsequent to oral representations - Whether defendant agreed to defer progress billing until representations of collateral contract fulfilled - Whether failure to make progress payments amounted to fundamental breach of agreement - Whether defendant entitled to terminate SPA - Evidence Act 1950, s. 91 LEGAL PROFESSION Duty to client - Breach of contractual duty towards client - Duty of care - Solicitor appointed by client to prepare sale and purchase agreement for purchase of property - Property auctioned off due to solicitor's failure to take necessary steps to ensure property free from charge or encumbrances - Solicitor-client relationship - Whether solicitor owed client contractual duty - Standard to be exercised by solicitor - Whether solicitor acted with reasonable care, skill and diligence in performance of duty - Whether solicitor breached duty of care - Whether solicitor liable in tort TORT Negligence - Professional negligence - Solicitor and client - Breach of duty - Purchase of property - Solicitor appointed by client to prepare sale and purchase agreement - Solicitor failed to take necessary steps to ensure property free from charge or encumbrances - Property auctioned off by bank - Solicitor did not notify bank of client's intention to buy property - Whether solicitor acted with reasonable care, skill and diligence in performance of duty - Whether solicitor breached duty of care INDEKS PERKARA PERKATAAN & ISTILAH Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 - Seksyen 19A(4) - 'as soon as may be' - Takrifan - Sama ada bergantung pada fakta kes - Sama ada perintah tahanan diserahkan 'as soon as may be' - Sama ada menjejaskan perintah tahanan PEWARISAN Pentadbiran pusaka - Tanah - Tanah wakaf - Permohonan membatalkan nama Majlis Agama Islam Negeri Pulau Pinang ('MUIPP') pada geran tanah - Sama ada tanah yang digunakan untuk tujuan keagamaan untuk tempoh yang lama boleh disifatkan sebagai wakaf - Sama ada tanah yang diwakafkan boleh dibatalkan oleh pihak ketiga PROSEDUR JENAYAH Habeas corpus - Permohonan - Perintah tahanan - Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959, s. 19A(1) - Cabaran terhadap perintah tahanan - Sama ada perintah tahanan mematuhi peruntukan s. 19A - Kegagalan mematuhi pra-syarat dalam pengeluaran perintah tahanan - Sama ada membentuk ketidakpatuhan s. 19A(1) - Sama ada perintah tahanan cacat UNDANG-UNDANG TANAH Wakaf - Tanah wakaf - Permohonan membatalkan nama MUIPP pada geran tanah - Sama ada MUIPP pemegang amanah tanah wakaf - Sama ada pendaftaran nama MUIPP pada geran tanah teratur - Sama ada penyerahan hak milik benefisial tanah kepada pemohon boleh dipertikaikan - Kanun Tanah Negara, ss. 340, 415(1)(a) UNDANG-UNDANG SYARIKAT Penggulungan - Pelikuidasi - Perintah jualan tanah - Triti persendirian - Penerimaan tawaran oleh pelikuidasi untuk jualan tanah melalui triti persendirian - Kegagalan pelikuidasi meneruskan jual beli tanah - Sama ada pelaksanaan tawaran jualan tanah selaras dengan peruntukan Kanun Tanah Negara - Sama ada penerimaan tawaran sah dan boleh dilaksanakan - 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