Ranjan N. Chandran
About Ranjan N. Chandran
Ranjan N. Chandran appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026). These were heard before MYHC (3).
On the court record
Engages strata-management disputes under the Strata Titles and Strata Management Acts, the tort of passing off and interlocutory relief, and the recovery of assets through post-winding-up applications.
Ranjan N. Chandran's reported appearances, all in the High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi), cover strata property, intellectual-property-related injunctions and insolvency. As counsel for the plaintiffs he acted for a large group of purchasers of residential units in a dispute with the joint management body and the developer. The claim concerned prolonged and unjustified delay in establishing proper strata management, the consequential delay in the issuance of strata titles, and the treatment of facilities that had been represented to purchasers as common property. The legislative framework was the Strata Titles Act and the Strata Management Act, and the case is a good example of the tensions that arise in stratified developments between purchasers, the management body and the developer over control of common property and the pace of title issuance.
In a second matter he appeared for a plaintiff seeking an interim injunction in a passing-off dispute. The defendant faced a preliminary objection on the ground of non-compliance with procedural requirements, and the court applied the familiar framework for interlocutory injunctions: whether there were serious questions to be tried and whether the balance of convenience favoured the grant of relief. The substance of the claim was the tort of passing off, the plaintiff seeking to restrain the defendant from using a trading name said to be confusingly similar to its own.
He also acted as counsel for the applicant in a post-winding-up application in a company matter, where the court examined allegations of misfeasance and fraudulent trading, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty and the misapplication of company assets. A procedural question was whether a post-winding-up notice of motion could constitute originating proceedings and whether a defective motion might be converted into a writ. Across these matters, Ranjan N. Chandran's practice engages strata-management disputes, the tort of passing off and interlocutory relief, and the recovery of company assets after winding up.
How many cases has Ranjan N. Chandran appeared in?
Ranjan N. Chandran appears as counsel of record in 3 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Ranjan N. Chandran appear in?
Ranjan N. Chandran appears before MYHC (3).
What was in issue in the strata dispute?
Delay in establishing proper strata management, the consequential delay in issuing strata titles, and the treatment of facilities represented to purchasers as common property, under the Strata Titles Act and the Strata Management Act.
How did the court approach the passing-off injunction?
It applied the interlocutory-injunction framework — whether there were serious questions to be tried and whether the balance of convenience favoured relief — in a claim to restrain the defendant from using a confusingly similar trading name, over a preliminary objection on procedural non-compliance.