BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA SAVILLE @ CHERAS v DATO YASMEEN BINTI HAJI MUHAMAD SHARIFF

wa-22ncvc-391-06-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 11 December 2025 • WA-22NCvC-391-06/2024 • 15 min read
4 cases cited (0 SG, 4 foreign)

Outcome

Accordingly, for all the foregoing reasons, I dismiss the plaintiff's application for discovery, as contained in enclosure 60 with costs of RM5,000 subject to allocatur.

Quoted verbatim from the judgment of High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) (wa-22ncvc-391-06-2024). Read the full judgment on the official Malaysia Courts portal for the complete decision.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Discovery of documents — Application under O. 24 rr. 7 & 10 Rules of Court 2012 — Test of necessity under O. 24 r. 8 — Whether documents sought necessary for fair disposal of action — Distinction between relevance and necessity — Fishing expedition — Abuse of process. Evidence — Burden of proof — Ownership of condominium units — Plaintiff alleging defendant as registered proprietor — Burden lies on plaintiff under s. 101 Evidence Act 1950 — Defendant’s denial — No obligation to prove non-ownership. Strata Management — Joint management body — Claim for outstanding maintenance charges and sinking fund — Liability dependent on ownership of units — Whether defendant registered proprietor. Discovery — Joint venture agreement not in defendant’s possession — Payments made on behalf of third party — Representation at meetings — Whether documents necessary to resolve central issue of ownership — Application dismissed. Practice & Procedure — Fishing expedition — Attempt to shift investigative burden onto defendant — Discovery not to assist plaintiff in building case — Application dismissed with costs.

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure Evidence Strata Management

Judges (1)

Moh Kok Wai Delivered

Counsel (5)

A K Raman Nair Firm Julian Stephanie Firm Ashok Kumar Raman Nair Counsel Defendant Jusstina Xavier Counsel Plaintiff Stephanie Ang Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

BADAN PENGURUSAN BERSAMA SAVILLE @ CHERAS Plaintiff Dato Yasmeen binti Haji Muhamad Shariff Defendant

Statutes Cited

Evidence Act 1950 (Cap 56)
Rules of Court 2012

Cases Cited (4)

UK (1)
[1949] 1 KB 632
MY (3)
[1994] 2 CLJ 581 [2009] 5 MLJ 40 [2020] MLJU 979

Judgment

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Source: eJudgment (wa-22ncvc-391-06-2024)