DATO' SRI MOHD NAJIB BIN TUN HJ ABD RAZAK v 1. ) Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Bin Mohd Salleh 2. ) KOMISIONER JENERAL PENJARA 3. ) PEGUAM NEGARA MALAYSIA 4. ) LEMBAGA PENGAMPUNAN BAGI WILAYAH-WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR, LABUAN DAN PUTRAJAYA 5. ) MENTERI DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI (UNDANG-UNDANG DAN REFORMASI INSTITUSI) 6. ) KETUA PENGARAH BAHAGIAN HAL EHWAL UNDANG-UNDANG DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI 7. ) KERAJAAN MALAYSIA PIHAK KETIGA Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Samsuri Bin Mokhtar

wa-25-136-04-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 18 September 2025 • WA-25-136-04/2024 • 10 min read

4 cases cited (0 SG, 4 foreign)

Catchwords

Amendment to O.53 Statement-principles governing amendment of documents in O.53-whether O.20 r.8 applies to amendment to Statement filed-amendment sought to include developments subsequent to filing of Judicial Review application-serious allegations raised against the respondent-whether the amendments necessary-no nexus to the reliefs sought-prejudice to the Respondents in having to answer to these allegations-whether amendments seek to introduce a new cause of action in damages

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Judges (1)

Alice Loke Yee Ching Delivered

Counsel (13)

Shafee & Co. Firm Ahmad Hanir bin Hambaly @ Arwi Counsel Respondent Ainna Sherina binti Saipolamin Counsel Respondent Magdalene Wong Sui Hua Counsel Applicant Muhammad Farhan bin Muhammad Shafee Counsel Applicant Naresh a/l Mayachandran Counsel Applicant Nur Syafiqah binti Mohd Sofian Counsel Applicant Nurhafizza binti Azizan Counsel Respondent Safiyyah binti Omar Counsel Respondent Shamsul Bin Bolhassan Counsel Respondent Tan Sri Dr. Muhammad Shafee bin Md Abdullah Counsel Applicant Wan Muhammad Arfan bin Wan Othman Counsel Applicant Zulkifli bin Sulaiman Counsel Respondent

Parties (9)

KETUA PENGARAH BAHAGIAN HAL EHWAL UNDANG-UNDANG DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI Respondent Kerajaan Malaysia Respondent LEMBAGA PENGAMPUNAN BAGI WILAYAH-WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR, LABUAN DAN PUTRAJAYA Respondent MENTERI DI JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI (UNDANG-UNDANG DAN REFORMASI INSTITUSI) Respondent PEGUAM NEGARA MALAYSIA Respondent Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Samsuri bin Mokhtar Third Party Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Hj Abd Razak Applicant Komisioner Jeneral Penjara Respondent Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin bin Mohd Salleh Respondent

Case Significance

DATO' SRI MOHD NAJIB BIN TUN HJ ABD RAZAK v 1. ) Tan Sri Ahmad Terrirudin Bin... is a High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) decision dated September 18, 2025 (citation: wa-25-136-04-2024). <p>Dato' Sri Najib Razak sought to amend his O.53 Statement in his judicial review proceedings concerning his pardon/remission of sentence, seeking to include narration of events that occurred after the original filing and to add a claim for damages. The court held that the proposed amendments went beyond merely updating the Statement, contained serious allegations against the Attorney General that were prejudicial to the respondents, lacked nexus to the reliefs sought, and impermissibly introdu The case was decided by Alice Loke Yee Ching.

Summary

Dato' Sri Najib Razak sought to amend his O.53 Statement in his judicial review proceedings concerning his pardon/remission of sentence, seeking to include narration of events that occurred after the original filing and to add a claim for damages. The court held that the proposed amendments went beyond merely updating the Statement, contained serious allegations against the Attorney General that were prejudicial to the respondents, lacked nexus to the reliefs sought, and impermissibly introduced a new cause of action for damages. The amendment application was dismissed with costs in the cause.

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Cases Cited (4)

MY (4)

[1983] 1 MLJ 213 [2009] 6 CLJ 405 [2010] 5 CLJ 865 [2015] MLJU 1165