News by Hafiz Yatim

Come Friday (July 26), the Federal Court will deliver an important decision which would affect homebuyers and developers alike, on whether the decision made by the apex court in the Ang Ming Lee and another vs the Housing and Local Government Ministry and the Controller of Housing case has a retrospective effect or otherwise.

A three-member bench, led by judge Datuk Lee Swee Seng, in allowing CDS’ appeal, ruled that there was no defamation, no negligence, and no breach of statutory duty by the credit-rating agency.

The High Court here on Friday granted a temporary stay against the Selayang Municipal Council’s (MPS) decision to approve the planning permission of three blocks of 38-storey high-rise condominiums in the Sierramas & Valencia township located in Sungai Buloh, Selangor.

Public Bank Bhd (KL:PBBANK) has lost a case against a house buyer, who sued the bank for terminating a loan facility agreement after the first disbursement.

With signs of a simmering settlement with the government in one of the longest-standing civil land disputes in history dissipating, the Court of Appeal (COA) has fixed Sept 19 to hear the appeal by Semantan Estate (1952) Sdn Bhd in its seven-decade dispute over 263.272 acres of land along Jalan Duta that is currently occupied by public properties.

Seventy-eight property owners in Hatten Square, Melaka, have obtained a summary judgement from the High Court there against the main developer, MDSA Development Sdn Bhd, which requires the company to pay them RM2.009 million in rental arrears for a mix of commercial and residential units, and the return of RM591,143.90 as payment for refurbishments that were never done.

The Federal Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) over the Court of Appeal’s decision last year that decided that non-paying members in a residential area (RA) could raise the boom gates at the entrance to the housing area themselves without the security guards' assistance.

The legal dispute between Star Media Group Bhd and JAKS Resources Bhd on the development of a parcel of land in Section 13, Petaling Jaya, has been reverted back to the High Court for trial.

The old Buddhist Dhamma Sakyamuni Caves Monastery in Gunung Kanthan, Hulu Kinta, Perak, on Wednesday failed to set aside an eviction notice by Associated Pan Malaysia Cement Sdn Bhd (APMC).

The bench ruled that there were no special circumstances to grant a stay of eviction notice to the monastery.