MLJ Alerts: March 2024 (High Court)

“As a public charitable trust is defined by its purpose, anyone able to show a sufficient nexus to the purpose may commence such an action or to intervene in such an action, provided the written consent of the AG (Attorney General) is obtained. The AG at his end has to be so satisfied and suffice to say that such a person must not be a busy body but must have a sufficient interest in the public purpose of the public charitable trust.”

- Lee Swee Seng JCA

Five Star Heritage Sdn Bhd & Ors v Nai Ninn Sararaksh & Anor [2024] 2 MLJ 315 at para 79

• Nur Khairunnisa bt Mohd Rosni (Ramli, Shahrir & Tajul) for the plaintiff.

• Adi Radlan bin Abdul Rahman (Adi Radlan & Co) for the defendant.

• Hairulallias bin Shaari (with Surya Putra bin Mohamed Taulan) (Putra Taulan & Faiq Azizan) for the plaintiff.

• Karlos Israphil Bendlin (Amin Karlos) for the defendant.

• Azamuddin bin Abdul Aziz (with Muhamad Aizat) (Azamuddin & Co) for the plaintiff.

• Nur Fauzani bt Mohd Nordin (with Muhammad Muhairi bin Mohamed Noh) (Federal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers) for the defendants.

• Nadeem bin Rafiq (with Ng Yee Lin) (Steven Thiru & Sudhar Partnership) for the plaintiff.

• Kok Kon Sang for the defendant.

• Devinder Kaur (with AS Dhaliwal and Vimalan Ramanathan) (Edorra Arfah Khandhar) for the petitioner.

• Kelvinder Singh (with WK Wong and HS Tan) (WK Wong & Co) for the respondent.

• M Manoharan (with Anis Salihah bt Abdul Malek) (M Manoharan & Co) for the applicant.

• Nur Idayu bt Amir (Senior Federal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chamber) for the respondents.

• Mohd Taufik Mohd (with Rustam Sanip and Bryan Francis) (Attorney General’s Chambers) for the prosecution.

• PJ Perira (PJ Perira & Dasan) for the accused.

• So Chien Hao (with Fatin Izyan bt Muhamad Fadzil) (Zailan and Co) for the plaintiff.

• Alan Adrian Gomez (with Khoo Sher Rynn) (Tommy Thomas) for the defendant.

• Othman bin Abdullah (Nurakmal Farhan Azri dan Nordin bersamanya) (Jabatan Peguam Negara) bagi pihak pendakwaan awal; Julia bt Ibrahim (Joy Jothy bersamanya) (Jabatan Peguam Negara) bagi pihak pendakwaan kemudian.

• Amer Hamzah bin Arshad (Joshua Tay dan Hoe Sue Lu bersamanya) (Amerbon) bagi pihak tertuduh pertama dan kedua.

• Ranjit Singh (J Kaur, Ranjit & Assoc) bagi pihak tertuduh ketiga.

• M Ramachelvam (Ameerul Radzi Azlan bersamanya) (Rama-Rozi & Assoc) bagi pihak tertuduh keempat.

• Hazman Ahmad (Omar Ismail Hazman & Co) bagi pihak tertuduh kelima.

• Zamri Idrus (Fadly Hashim, Sharifah Dyana dan Mohd Zaimi Yusof bersamanya) (Zamri Idrus & Co) bagi pihak tertuduh keenam.

• AG Kalidas (Nasika bersamanya) (K Nadarajah & Partners) bagi pihak tertuduh ketujuh dan ke-19.

• Azizul Shariman (Azizzul & Ariff) bagi pihak tertuduh kesembilan, kesepuluh dan ke-12.

• Hazizah Kassim (Fatimah Azzahrah bt Rumaizi bersamanya) (Hazizah & Co) bagi pihak tertuduh ke-11, ke-14 dan ke-15.

• G Raja Shankara (R Shankar Gandhi & Assoc) bagi pihak tertuduh ke-13.

• Arif Azami (Azizzul & Ariff) bagi pihak tertuduh ke-16, ke-17 dan ke-18.

• Manpal Singh Sacdev (with Mastura bt Omar) (Manjit Singh Sachdev, Mohammad Radzi & Partners) for the applicant.

• Manoharan Malayalam (with Anis Salihah bt Abdul Malek) (M Manoharan & Co) for the respondents.

• Kuhendran Thanapalasingam (with Daniel Lau Hsien Yuong and Agesh Krishendra Jeyaratnam) (Zul Rafique & Partners) for the plaintiff.

• James Monteiro (with Vishal V Kumar and Ban Qiao ***) (James Monteiro) for the defendant.

• Aufa Radzi (with Anson Liow) (Skrine) for the plaintiff.

• Ivanpal Singh Grewal (Lee Ong & Partners) for the defendant.

• The petitioner appeared in person.

• Nik Mohd Noor bin Nik Kar (Senior Federal Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers) for the honourable Attorney General.

• Farez Mohd Ali Jinnah (Farez Jinnah) for the Bar Council.

• Weera Premananda (Ahmad Deniel, Ruben & Co) for the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee.

• Anand Raj (with Foong Pui Chi and Cheong Wen Yie) (Shearn Delamore & Co) for the applicant.

• Ashrina bt Ramzan Ali (with Surani bt Che Ismail) (Revenue Counsel, Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia) for the respondent.