Shanker a/l Sivapragasam
About Shanker a/l Sivapragasam
Shanker a/l Sivapragasam appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026). These were heard before MYHC (2) and MYCOA (2).
On the court record
The reported matters span contract-validity and land-acquisition work, grounded in High Court and Court of Appeal judgments rather than any ranking.
Shanker a/l Sivapragasam's reported matters cover contract and land disputes argued in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, several of them turning on the validity and effect of documents. A contract decision, heard on related cross-appeals, concerned the validity of an agreement said to have been concluded through an exchange of e-mail counterparts, engaging section 62 of the Evidence Act 1950 on the treatment of such communications. Appearing for the defendant, the Court addressed an allegation of forgery that had not been pleaded and was unsupported by a police report, and the outcome was that the dismissal of the plaintiff's claim for a sum of about RM270,404.19 for works carried out at a Felda scheme was upheld, with costs of both appeals fixed at RM8,000 each.
Land and acquisition feature in related Court of Appeal appeals arising from a dispute over rented lots and an access road, set against a compulsory acquisition. The appeals concerned a claim for rent arrears and a claim in trespass over the access road during an interim period, complicated by the Land Administrator's delay in endorsing a Form K on the register document of title and the operation of a consent order. Appearing for the defendant, the Court described how both parties had relied on the resulting state of affairs, one on the delay in registration and the other on the consent order, during the interim before the acquisition took full effect.
A thread across these decisions is the effect of formal instruments and registration on the parties' rights, whether an agreement formed by e-mail counterparts binds, or how rent and possession are to be treated while a Form K remains unendorsed and an acquisition is pending. The matters were argued in the High Court at Johor Bahru and before the Court of Appeal of Malaysia, and the reported work sits in the contract and land fields, grounded in the judgments.
How many cases has Shanker a/l Sivapragasam appeared in?
Shanker a/l Sivapragasam appears as counsel of record in 4 reported Malaysia judgments (2025–2026).
Which courts does Shanker a/l Sivapragasam appear in?
Shanker a/l Sivapragasam appears before MYHC (2) and MYCOA (2).
What areas of law feature in Shanker a/l Sivapragasam's reported cases?
They include contract disputes over the validity of an agreement formed by e-mail counterparts under section 62 of the Evidence Act 1950, and land and compulsory-acquisition disputes concerning rent arrears, trespass over an access road and an unendorsed Form K.
What did the High Court decide in the e-mail counterpart contract matter?
Appearing for the defendant, the Court upheld the dismissal of the plaintiff's claim for about RM270,404.19 for works at a Felda scheme, dealing with an unpleaded forgery allegation unsupported by a police report, and fixed costs of both appeals at RM8,000 each.
What complicated the land and access-road appeals?
The Land Administrator's delay in endorsing a Form K on the register document of title and the operation of a consent order, so that rent and possession had to be assessed during an interim period before a compulsory acquisition took full effect.