Land acquisition

5 cases · January 2025 to November 2025

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Late payment charges — Sections 32 and 48 Land Acquisition Act 1960 — Early entry by concessionaire — Physical possession prior to gazettement — Mandatory late payment charges under s. 32 — Applicable interest rate — Amendment to Land Acquisition Act 1960 — Compensation for early entry — Rental award — Whether rental award sustainable in law — Injurious affection — Compensation for remaining land — Whether compensation awarded by High Court constitutes “excess” — Applicability of s. 48 — Computation of late payment charges — Date of formal possession. 2 building on the scheduled land was demolished in 2012 due to a landslide — the schedule land was already vacant and barren circa 2012 due to demolition and prior to acquisition — the acquisition was gazetted in 2014 — the Land Administrator acquired the scheduled land under section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 [Act 486] for the purpose of repairing and rehabilitating the condition of the hill slope — Projek Memperbaiki Runtuhan Cerun di Jalan Puncak Setiawangsa 2, Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur — Applicant claims compensation for the loss of the subject building (due to landslide) — loss of the building — no injurious affection — Land reference proceeding 1 Compensation — Beneficial owners — Intervention — Bare trustee — Indefeasibility of title — Fraud — Illegality — Setting aside order — Functus officio — Locus standi — Order 15 Rule 6(2) ROC — Section 340 NLC — Section 16 LAA — Article 13 Federal Constitution 1 compensation not paid. Certificate pursuant to section 33 of the Government Proceedings Act 1956 obtained. 1

Late payment charges — Sections 32 and 48 Land Acquisition Act 1960 — Early entry by concessionaire — Physical possession prior to gazettement — Mandatory late payment charges under s. 32 — Applicable interest rate — Amendment to Land Acquisition Act 1960 — Compensation for early entry — Rental award — Whether rental award sustainable in law — Injurious affection — Compensation for remaining land — Whether compensation awarded by High Court constitutes “excess” — Applicability of s. 48 — Computation of late payment charges — Date of formal possession. 2 cases

building on the scheduled land was demolished in 2012 due to a landslide — the schedule land was already vacant and barren circa 2012 due to demolition and prior to acquisition — the acquisition was gazetted in 2014 — the Land Administrator acquired the scheduled land under section 8 of the Land Acquisition Act 1960 [Act 486] for the purpose of repairing and rehabilitating the condition of the hill slope — Projek Memperbaiki Runtuhan Cerun di Jalan Puncak Setiawangsa 2, Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur — Applicant claims compensation for the loss of the subject building (due to landslide) — loss of the building — no injurious affection — Land reference proceeding 1 case

Compensation — Beneficial owners — Intervention — Bare trustee — Indefeasibility of title — Fraud — Illegality — Setting aside order — Functus officio — Locus standi — Order 15 Rule 6(2) ROC — Section 340 NLC — Section 16 LAA — Article 13 Federal Constitution 1 case

compensation not paid. Certificate pursuant to section 33 of the Government Proceedings Act 1956 obtained. 1 case

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