MURALEE A/L Y.S. MENON v KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA PENCELAH 1. ) FARHANA BINTI FARHAN MENON 2. ) RAHUL BIN FARHAN MENON 3. ) RUBIAH BINTI JAFFAR 4. ) MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN

wa-24ncvc-3182-08-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 11 March 2025 • WA-24NCvC-3182-08/2024

Catchwords

This case concerns the plaintiff’s application for declarations and orders regarding his identity and religious status in the National Registration Department’s records. The court allowed the plaintiff’s prayer for a declaration that he did not submit any application to change his name in the National Registration Department’s records. However, the court dismissed the prayers seeking the deletion of the name “Farhan Menon Abdullah” from birth records and the declaration that the plaintiff is not a Muslim. These matters involved statutory duties, jurisdictional limitations and the rights of third parties. The court applied principles on statutory presumptions of regularity in official acts, the evidential standard for affidavit disputes and the jurisdiction of Civil and Syari’ah Courts in religious status declarations.

Practice Areas

This case concerns the plaintiff’s application for declarations and orders regarding his identity and religious status in the National Registration Department’s records. The court allowed the plaintiff’s prayer for a declaration that he did not submit any application to change his name in the National Registration Department’s records. However, the court dismissed the prayers seeking the deletion of the name “Farhan Menon Abdullah” from birth records and the declaration that the plaintiff is not a Muslim. These matters involved statutory duties, jurisdictional limitations and the rights of third parties. The court applied principles on statutory presumptions of regularity in official acts, the evidential standard for affidavit disputes and the jurisdiction of Civil and Syari’ah Courts in religious status declarations.

Judges (1)

Ahmad Shahrir b. Mohd Salleh Delivered

Parties (6)

KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA Respondent MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN Intervener Farhana binti Farhan Menon Intervener Muralee a/l Y.s. Menon Applicant Rahul bin Farhan Menon Intervener Rubiah binti Jaffar Intervener

Case Significance

MURALEE A/L Y.S. MENON v KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA PENCELAH 1... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated March 11, 2025 (citation: wa-24ncvc-3182-08-2024). The case was decided by Ahmad Shahrir b. Mohd Salleh.

What was the outcome of MURALEE A/L Y.S. MENON v KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA PENCELAH 1...?

MURALEE A/L Y.S. MENON v KETUA PENGARAH JABATAN PENDAFTARAN NEGARA PENCELAH 1... is a High Court decision dated March 11, 2025. The case was heard by Ahmad Shahrir b. Mohd Salleh. See the full judgment for details.