Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah
About Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah
Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2024–2025). These were heard before MYCOA (3) and MYHC (1).
On the court record
Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah's reported practice combines criminal appellate defence with employment litigation, appearing in the Court of Appeal and the High Court and acting for appellants.
A group of related Court of Appeal appeals, in which he acted for the appellant, concerns offences under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 ("Akta Kesalahan-Kesalahan Seksual Terhadap Kanak-kanak 2017"), engaging sections 14(a), 16, 26 and 27 of that Act. Argued together as a coordinated set of appeals against conviction, they show a defence directed at a single statutory regime and the proof of its elements, with the persons involved identified only by their role in the proceedings.
His employment work includes an appeal concerning Thomvell International Sdn Bhd, in which he acted for the appellant employer against an award of the Labour Court. The case concerned a salary deduction that the employee said she had not agreed to, and a claim for arrears of salary. The appeal turned on whether the Labour Court had erred in concluding that the employee did not consent to the deduction, and on the requirement of consent to a contract under section 7 of the Contracts Act 1950.
Across these matters the practice pairs serious criminal appellate work with employment litigation, moving between the Court of Appeal, where the argument concerns the elements of statutory offences and the safety of convictions, and the appeal from the Labour Court, where the question is whether an employee truly consented to a variation of her pay. In both settings the recurring task is the same: to test whether what the tribunal below found was properly established on the evidence and the governing statute. It is a practice that moves between the gravest end of the criminal calendar and the everyday disputes of the workplace, but the discipline is constant — to hold the tribunal below to the elements it was required to find and the evidence it was entitled to act on.
How many cases has Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah appeared in?
Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2024–2025).
Which courts does Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah appear in?
Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah appears before MYCOA (3) and MYHC (1).
What does Bani Prakash a/l R Ledchumiah focus on in these decisions?
Criminal appellate defence and employment litigation. His matters include a coordinated group of Court of Appeal appeals under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 and an appeal from the Labour Court concerning Thomvell International Sdn Bhd.
What did the criminal appeals concern?
A group of related Court of Appeal appeals against conviction under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 ("Akta Kesalahan-Kesalahan Seksual Terhadap Kanak-kanak 2017"), engaging sections 14(a), 16, 26 and 27 of that Act. He acted for the appellant, and the appeals were argued together as a coordinated set.
What was the Labour Court appeal about?
An appeal concerning Thomvell International Sdn Bhd, in which he acted for the appellant employer, against a Labour Court award over a salary deduction the employee said she had not agreed to and a claim for arrears of salary. It turned on whether the Labour Court erred in finding that the employee did not consent to the deduction and on the requirement of consent under section 7 of the Contracts Act 1950.