Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor
About Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor
Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor appears in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYCOA (4), MYHC (2) and MYFC (1).
On the court record
Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor, the State Legal Advisor of Selangor, is the government legal office whose reported matters before the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), the Court of Appeal (Mahkamah Rayuan) and the Federal Court (Mahkamah Persekutuan) represent the State authority, its land administrators and related public bodies. A large part of the reported work concerns the compulsory acquisition of land and the compensation payable for it. The office has appeared in land-reference proceedings on the determination of market value and the proper category of land use, whether a building is for commercial or residential purposes, and on issue estoppel, res judicata, zoning and comparable transactions, and at Federal Court level on whether a State authority's non-compliance with Part Twelve of the National Land Code rendered a surrender of land invalid for the purpose of assessing compensation.
The office's public-law practice is broad. It has resisted an application for leave to commence judicial review challenging the Public Prosecutor's decision to charge under one provision of the Road Transport Act rather than another, defended the forfeiture of land on appeal where the quasi-criminal nature of forfeiture demanded strict compliance with the constitutional safeguards in Article 13(1) of the Federal Constitution, and appeared in a matter on the lawfulness of a detention under close arrest pending court martial, engaging the interpretation of sections 94 and 96 of the Armed Forces Act 1972. It has also addressed whether a paymaster such as an electricity utility has standing to intervene in land-reference proceedings as a person interested under section 37 of the Land Acquisition Act 1960.
The reported profile is that of a State government legal office engaged with land acquisition and compensation, the constitutional safeguards attending the deprivation of property, and the administrative and public-law questions that arise in defending the decisions of the State and its authorities before the courts.
How many cases has Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor been involved in?
Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor appears in 7 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor appear in?
Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor appears before MYCOA (4), MYHC (2) and MYFC (1).
Whom does this office represent?
It is the State Legal Advisor of Selangor, the government legal office representing the State authority, its land administrators and related public bodies before the courts.
What is a principal area of its reported work?
The compulsory acquisition of land and the compensation payable, including land-reference proceedings on market value and land-use category, and Part Twelve of the National Land Code.