SYED YUSOF BIN SYED MOHD v 1. ) A GANASAN A/L K ARUMUGAM 2. ) ABDUL HAFIZ BIN ABDUL RASHID @ ABD KHALID 3. ) VSD AUTOMATION SDN. BHD.

ba-24ncc-118-10-2025 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 15 December 2025 • BA-24NCC-118-10/2025 • 14 min read
11 cases cited (0 SG, 11 foreign)

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SYED YUSOF BIN SYED MOHD v 1. ) A GANASAN A/L K ARUMUGAM 2. ) ABDUL HAFIZ BIN... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated December 15, 2025 (citation: ba-24ncc-118-10-2025). <p>A majority shareholder and managing director filed an oppression suit under s.346 Companies Act 2016 against minority shareholders who had earlier commenced their own suit. The High Court struck out the originating summons, finding it was a tactical counter-measure and parallel proceeding that constituted an abuse of process and disclosed no reasonable cause of action independent of the existing proceedings.</p> The case was decided by Shoba Rajah a/p Dorai Rajah. Counsel appearing: Azri Malek Haron (counsel for plaintiff), Elyna Madeonus (counsel for defendant), Nadesh Ganabaskaran (counsel for plaintiff), Nasriyah (counsel for plaintiff), Ranjit Kaur (counsel for defendant).

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A majority shareholder and managing director filed an oppression suit under s.346 Companies Act 2016 against minority shareholders who had earlier commenced their own suit. The High Court struck out the originating summons, finding it was a tactical counter-measure and parallel proceeding that constituted an abuse of process and disclosed no reasonable cause of action independent of the existing proceedings.

What was the outcome of SYED YUSOF BIN SYED MOHD v 1. ) A GANASAN A/L K ARUMUGAM 2. ) ABDUL HAFIZ BIN...?

<p>A majority shareholder and managing director filed an oppression suit under s.346 Companies Act 2016 against minority shareholders who had earlier ...

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