News by Hafiz Yatim

The Federal Court had on Friday (Jan 20) in a landmark decision ruled that for any hill top or hill slope development projects which are designated as environmentally sensitive in a development plan, approval has to be gained from the National Physical Planning Council (NPPC) as stipulated under Section 22(2A)(c) of the Town and Country Planning Act 2001 (TCPA).

A total of 135 Orang Asli Seletar families from two different villages on Thursday (Jan 12) agreed to record a consent order in the Court of Appeal with developers, the Johor government and the Federal Government, which would see them not only being compensated monetarily, but 85 of them being resettled on a 45-acre (18.21-hectare) alienated gazetted land.

In coming to the decision, the five-member apex court bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat also held that Section 4C of the Income Tax Act 1967 (ITA), which was enforced in 2014, is rendered unconstitutional.

SRC International Sdn Bhd and two of its subsidiaries have settled their RM1.43 million suit against Putrade Property Management Sdn Bhd, which manages the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, amicably.

The lawyer who represents former Malaysian Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and seven other residents have decided to file a lawsuit suit to compel the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and the Federal Territories Ministry to provide further information on its flood mitigation measures.

Property tycoon Tan Sri Lim Soon Peng has clarified that SRC International Sdn Bhd had withdrawn its lawsuit against him "on the basis of without any admission of guilt or liability".

Former Malaysian Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan and seven other residents in the capital filed a letter of demand (LOD) two days ago against Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to gain information on flood mitigation plan updates after the auditor general (AG) highlighted several failures last month.

Property tycoon Tan Sri Lim Soon Peng has apparently settled a RM330,800 suit filed by SRC International Sdn Bhd and two others against him last year, for receiving money from the companies via instructions from former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Wan Ahmad Farid said as the extension of time is not granted, the judicial review application is dismissed with costs to be paid to Zakaria Ismail, who led the group.

The suit filed by 37 unit owners of K-Residence against developer KL Landmark Sdn Bhd and three others including Duta Land Bhd CEO Tan Sri Yap Yong Seong, will proceed through trial for six days beginning Oct 13.