High Court judge Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Mohd Salleh allowed Semantan Estate’s application, to give effect to the order the company had obtained since 2009 — in one of the longest-standing civil land disputes since Merdeka — back to the liquidator after the court dismissed the government’s application for an adjournment of Tuesday’s hearing pending a proposed settlement by the government on the issue.
The appellate court had initially fixed last Oct 24 for the hearing of Semantan Estate’s appeal, but senior federal counsel Shamsul Bolhassan sought an adjournment following a negotiated settlement taking place.
“There has been some development following a change in government and ministers.
The valuer for Semantan Estate, CBRE | WTW chairman Foo Gee Jen, had estimated mesne profit without interest to be about RM3.
PUTRAJAYA (Sept 27): Kenari Maluri Sdn Bhd, a firm claiming to be representing the majority shareholders of Semantan Estate (1952) Sdn Bhd, had on Monday withdrawn its motion for leave (permission) to appeal to be included in the long-standing land dispute involving the 106.
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 23): The High Court has fixed Oct 27 to deliver its decision on the judicial review application by Semantan Estates (1952) Sdn Bhd against the government over a dispute involving land in Jalan Duta (now Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim).
KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): The Federal Court has fixed Sept 27, 2021 to hear Kenari Maluri Sdn Bhd's motion for leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision to disallow Kenari Maluri to intervene in Semantan Estates (1952) Sdn Bhd's land dispute with the Malaysian government.
PUTRAJAYA (May 5): After the Court of Appeal today ruled Kenari Maluri Sdn Bhd, a company claiming to represent the majority of Semantan Estate (1952) Sdn Bhd shareholders, is not allowed to intervene in Semantan Estates’ land dispute with the government, the company has indicated that it will bring the matter up to the Federal Court.
PUTRAJAYA (March 19): Semantan Estates (1952) Sdn Bhd's lawyer Ira Biswas said today Kenari Maluri Sdn Bhd, a company that claims to represent the majority of Semantan Estates shareholders, should not be allowed to be an intervener in Semantan Estates' land dispute with the government because Kenari Maluri has no right to intervene as the company is not a shareholder in Semantan Estates.
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