Dato' Jasbeer Singh
About Dato' Jasbeer Singh
Dato' Jasbeer Singh appears as counsel of record in 5 reported Malaysia judgments (2025). These were heard before MYHC (4) and MYFC (1).
On the court record
Dato' Jasbeer Singh's reported work is concentrated in corporate insolvency and company law, with a notable appellate presence. A large part of it concerns judicial management under the Companies Act 2016 — the court-supervised rescue regime for financially distressed companies — where he has appeared on both sides of the application.
In one High Court matter he acted for the applicant seeking a judicial management order, relying on the objectives in section 405(1)(b)(i), while the court probed whether the company could survive as a going concern given severe insolvency, the subordination of related creditors, and what it treated as a speculative rehabilitation proposal resting on an unfunded future construction project; the court found the objectives unlikely to be achieved. In another matter, involving Econpile (M) Sdn Bhd, he acted for the respondent on an application to appoint an interim judicial manager under section 405, contesting whether the elements for that appointment were made out.
His practice also reaches the Federal Court. In an appeal concerning Live Capital Sdn Bhd he acted for the appellant on questions of evidence and admissibility — documentary evidence and disputed notations, the burden of proof under sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act 1950, section 73A on documentary statements, the drawing of an adverse inference from a failure to call a witness, and the treatment of disputed document authenticity on appellate review.
He appears in company oppression litigation under section 346 of the Companies Act 2016, in a matter turning on whether resolutions passed without proper authority and a casting vote exercised in written resolutions were valid, and whether a buyout was the appropriate remedy between equal shareholders. He has also acted at first instance in strata-title land litigation for a joint management body, on locus standi and on whether a clubhouse formed part of the common property. The overall shape is insolvency, company and commercial litigation across the trial and apex courts.
How many cases has Dato' Jasbeer Singh appeared in?
Dato' Jasbeer Singh appears as counsel of record in 5 reported Malaysia judgments (2025).
Which courts does Dato' Jasbeer Singh appear in?
Dato' Jasbeer Singh appears before MYHC (4) and MYFC (1).
What is Dato' Jasbeer Singh's main area of practice in these decisions?
Corporate insolvency and company law. He appears repeatedly on judicial management applications under sections 404 and 405 of the Companies Act 2016 — including for the applicant seeking a judicial management order and, in the matter involving Econpile (M) Sdn Bhd, for the respondent on the appointment of an interim judicial manager — alongside company oppression and strata-title land work.
Has he appeared in the Federal Court?
Yes. In an appeal concerning Live Capital Sdn Bhd he acted for the appellant on evidentiary questions, including admissibility of disputed documentary evidence, the burden of proof under sections 101 and 102 of the Evidence Act 1950, and whether an adverse inference should be drawn from a failure to call a witness.
What is judicial management under the Companies Act 2016?
It is a court-supervised rescue mechanism for a financially distressed company, in which a judicial manager is appointed to try to keep the company going as a going concern or achieve a better outcome for creditors than winding up. In one of his matters the court refused the order after finding the rehabilitation proposal speculative and the company severely insolvent.