HONG XIN CONSTRUCTION SDN BHD v 1. ) ZANA BINA SDN BHD 2. ) CHOK KIM SIN

ja-22ncc-75-11-2020 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 1 March 2026 • JA-22NCC-75-11/2020 • 22 min read
17 cases cited (0 SG, 17 foreign)

Outcome

(d) The 1st Defendant’s counterclaim is dismissed; (e) The Plaintiff’s claim against the 2nd Defendant is struck out pursuant to Enclosure 143.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (ja-22ncc-75-11-2020). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Contract — Failure of consideration — Total failure of consideration — Plaintiff acting as payment conduit on behalf of third party in settlement of debt — Payments totalling RM2,582,019.00 made to defendant — Whether defendant provided any consideration to plaintiff — Defendant admitting no services or products provided to plaintiff — Condition upon which payments made not fulfilled — Section 74 Contracts Act 1950 [Act 136]

Practice Areas

Contract

Judges (1)

Noradura binti Hamzah Delivered

Counsel (4)

Aida & G Ravi Firm Gan Partnership Firm Ravichanthiran a/l Ganesan Counsel Defendant Tong Min Jie Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

HONG XIN CONSTRUCTION Sdn Bhd Plaintiff ZANA BINA Sdn Bhd Defendant Chok Kim Sin Defendant

Statutes Cited

Companies Act 2016 (Cap 777)
Contracts Act 1950 (Cap 136)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (17)

UK (1)
[1921] 3 KB 110
MY (16)
[1966] 2 MLJ 281 [1988] 3 MLJ 90 [1991] 3 MLJ 144 [1995] 4 CLJ 283 [1999] 4 CLJ 533 [2001] 2 CLJ 321 [2004] 1 MLJ 676 [2014] MLJU 1405 [2016] 8 MLJ 739 [2017] 1 CLJ 512 [2018] 6 MLJ 281 [2020] MLJU 257 [2020] MLJU 374 [2021] 3 MLJ 408 [2021] MLJU 2289 [2023] 6 MLJ 114

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (ja-22ncc-75-11-2020)