News about Taman Rimba Kiara

“The company is waiting to receive and review the grounds of judgement of the Federal Court and shall seek legal advice as to its next course of action in relation to the joint development agreement and to assess the potential impact to the financials of Malton and its subsidiaries,” Malton said in a bourse filing.

Nallini said the housing issue was a separate obligation by the state to the settlers, and DBKL should not cite the lack of provision of housing for them to justify the development order.

According to the apex court's judgement read by Nallini, the development order ought to be set aside because the mayor was a trustee of YWP.

The upcoming Federal Court decision will once and for all decide whether the land should be developed or not.

PUTRAJAYA (April 28): The lawyer for government-linked foundation Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP) said the Court of Appeal (COA) was wrong in finding that there was a conflict of interest in having the Kuala Lumpur mayor and federal territories minister on the board of trustees of YWP when a development order (DO) was issued by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to YWP and developer Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd in developing the Taman Rimba Kiara land, the Federal Court heard on Thursday (April 28).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The Taman Rimba Kiara state park, which has been earmarked for a controversial mixed development, was never intended to be a public open space, the Federal Court heard on Friday in appeals brought by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and four others to reinstate the project's development order.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): The Federal Court has fixed Jan 19 to hear a motion by the residents of Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) to adduce fresh evidence for the purpose of the Taman Rimba Kiara appeal.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 1): The developer of the proposed Taman Rimba Kiara project and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) were today granted leave by the Federal Court to appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal to quash the project’s development order.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jun2 2): The hearing of the appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision to quash the proposed Taman Rimba Kiara project's development order has been rescheduled to Sept 1.

PUTRAJAYA (March 30): The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), together with developer Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd (a subsidiary of Malton Bhd) and two others, has posed close to 30 questions of law in their appeal over the Taman Rimba Kiara (pictured) development, for which the Federal Court has fixed hearing on June 14.