Shahrir wants law firm representing Felda and FIC to be disqualified; trial postponed
Tan Sri Shahrir Samad filed the application on Jan 3.
Tan Sri Shahrir Samad filed the application on Jan 3.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the general merchandise store and supermarket chain operator said the conditional stay was approved on Tuesday (Jan 7) for Aeon to deposit the judgment sum of RM18.
The dispute stemmed from a legal suit filed by Betanaz against Aeon in 2021 for breaching the agreement entered into on Aug 24, 2017 for the lease of a plot in Kuantan to build and operate a commercial shopping complex.
According to a bourse filing by AZRB, the court, in delivering its decision on Monday (Dec 16), found that Aeon "wrongfully terminated" Betanaz's tenancy agreement and ordered the department store and mall operator to pay RM18.
A three-member bench, led by COA judge Datuk Supang Lian, said it was unanimous in its decision to allow the application, while also giving the nod to parties to file a supplemental record of appeal containing measures subsequent to the High Court’s decision dated Oct 9, 2023.
Judge Datuk Ahmad Shahrir Salleh said between developers and purchasers, developers have an unequal advantage in bargaining power, and that delivering vacant possession of a property without allowing the purchasers the right to occupy the property is against public policy — even if the sales and purchase agreement (SPA) provides for such a move.
In a bourse filing on Thursday, Kumpulan Jetson said the legal action involves claims related to a RM4.
Following the long-standing pre-Merdeka land dispute case, a three-member Court of Appeal (COA) bench hearing two separate appeals by Semantan Estate and one appeal by the government over having to transfer the land to the company free of encumbrances, as ruled by the High Court on Aug 7, now wants both parties to submit further on Feb 20 and 21 next year on three issues.
With the settlement agreement, the parties have agreed to withdraw legal proceedings and any counter claim against each other, with no liberty to file afresh.
In a 90-page judgment dated Oct 24, Industrial Court chairman D Paramalingam ordered Symphony Life to pay Ng Ying Yiing 24 months of back wages due to unfair dismissal by the company.