BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACHAND 2. ) RAJESH S/O JAIKISHAN BUKAN PIHAK-PIHAK REAPFIELD PROPERTIES SDN BHD

wa-22m-88-01-2023 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 1 September 2025 • WA-22M-88-01/2023

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Discovery — Documents referred to in pleadings — Meaning of “referred to” — Whether pleadings that narrate an outcome amount to reference — Whether inferential mention sufficient — Whether applicant must establish direct reference in pleading or affidavit — Relevance and necessity — Whether documents sought relate to issues pleaded — Whether discovery can be used to construct unpleaded causes of action — Whether necessity equated with usefulness — “Necessity” must advance or contradict specific factual proposition — Whether application brought under wrong rule — Specific discovery before general discovery — Whether court may cure procedural defect by invoking inherent powers — Fishing expedition — Whether applications amounted to speculative search for new defence — Whether discovery sought to delay trial and shift evidential burden — Whether handwritten note of a Minister on appeal letter amounts to a mandatory minister’s direction — Rules of Court 2012, O 24 rr 3(4), 7(4), 8, 10(1), 11, 13(1), O 92 r 4 — Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s 25(2) & Paragraph 14 of the Schedule — Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad (Special Provisions) Act 1978, ss 4, 5(1), 6, 14 & 16 – Development Financial Institutions Act 2002 ss. 5 & 5A.

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff Delivered

Parties (4)

BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT BERHAD Plaintiff REAPFIELD PROPERTIES Sdn Bhd Non Party Deepak Jaikishan s/o Jaikishan Rewachand Defendant Rajesh s/o Jaikishan Defendant

Case Significance

BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACH... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated September 1, 2025 (citation: wa-22m-88-01-2023). The case was decided by Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff.

What was the outcome of BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACH...?

BANK KERJASAMA RAKYAT (M) BERHAD v 1. ) DEEPAK JAIKISHAN S/O JAIKISHAN REWACH... is a High Court decision dated September 1, 2025. The case was heard by Yusrin Faidz bin Yusoff. See the full judgment for details.