1. ) SATHISH KUMAR AYYASWAMY 2. ) NARESH NAIR A/L SURASAN v PEERAN SYED MOHAMED SYED MAHABOOB

j-02imncvc-954-06-2023 Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) 9 May 2024 • J-02(IM)(NCvC)-954-06/2023 • 21 min read
13 cases cited (2 SG, 11 foreign)

Outcome

Accordingly, at the conclusion of the hearing of this appeal, we allowed the Appellant’s appeal against the High Court’s decision and set aside the High Court Order dated 30.08.2023. [58] Costs of RM10,000.00 here and below are to be paid by the Respondent to the Appellants, subject to allocatur.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) (j-02imncvc-954-06-2023). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

"defamation, slander, key elements for a cause of action in defamation, publication of defamatory words to a specific group of persons, pleadings for defamation action, striking out under Order 18 rule 19(1)(a) of the Rules of Court 2012".

Practice Areas

Defamation Civil Procedure

Judges (3)

Faizah binti Jamaludin Delivered Hashim bin Hamzah Coram Mariana binti Haji Yahya Coram

Counsel (7)

David Gurupatham & Koay Firm Harold & Lam Partnership Firm Damia Amani binti Shaiful Bahri Counsel Respondent Divesh A/L Ramani Counsel Appellant Mirdhulekha A/P Muralidharan Counsel Appellant Rohan Arasoo a/l Jeyabalah Counsel Respondent Tey Siaw Ling Counsel Respondent

Parties (3)

Naresh Nair a/l Surasan Appellant Peeran Syed Mohamed Syed Mahaboob Respondent Sathish Kumar Ayyaswamy Appellant

Statutes Cited

Defamation Act 1957
s 5
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (13)

SLR (2)
[2012] 1 SLR 506 [2022] 4 SLR 1253
MY (11)
[1988] 1 CLJ 771 [1988] 2 MLJ 173 [1989] 1 CLJ 152 [1989] 1 MLJ 315 [1993] 3 MLJ 36 [1993] 4 CLJ 7 [1996] 1 MLJ 113 [1996] 4 CLJ 716 [2000] 2 CLJ 457 [2004] 5 MLJ 377 [2014] 4 MLJ 242

Judgment

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