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The High Court will deliver its judgment on November 16 regarding Mukhriz's challenge to LHDN's RM5 million additional tax assessments, with the case hinging on statutory deadline breaches.
Malaysia's High Court has upheld Zurich Takaful's right to void an insurance policy obtained fraudulently, finding that the insurer's agent neglected fundamental underwriting safeguards while chasing commissions.
Perlis Mufti Datuk Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin has secured a RM250,000 defamation damages award from the High Court following a successful suit against a Facebook account owner over posts connecting him to GISB Holdings.
A Malaysian High Court has upheld a five-year prison sentence against a businessman convicted of assaulting bodyguards during the fasting period, dismissing his appeal against the Klang magistrate's original conviction.
The High Court in Shah Alam will receive a medical update on Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's condition this Friday as his RM150 million defamation suit against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim remains suspended pending his fitness to proceed.
A Malaysian High Court has ruled the government vicariously liable for the unlawful arrest and detention of 13 candlelight vigil participants at Dataran Merdeka in 2021, ordering compensation of RM195,000.
Malaysia's High Court has confirmed a 10-year prison sentence against a former company executive, Ooi Vin Shen, convicted of raping and blackmailing a 14-year-old girl. The court found the lower court's legal reasoning sound.
The Chief Judge of Malaya has appointed 17 new judicial commissioners in one of the judiciary's largest recruitment drives, aiming to reduce the High Court's substantial case backlog and accelerate the pace of justice delivery.
A High Court judge in Shah Alam has acquitted a woman of murdering her neighbour, ruling she was mentally unsound when the alleged crime occurred, and ordered her detention at Hospital Bahagia for psychiatric care.
A High Court witness testified that Nepturis Sdn Bhd issued a RM1 million cheque to Bersatu during proceedings in the Muhyiddin trial in Kuala Lumpur.
A KCJ Engineering finance manager testified in the High Court that an RM800,000 donation to Bersatu was connected to Jana Wibawa projects contracted to the company, raising fresh questions about political financing and government procurement.
Malaysia has appointed 17 new judicial commissioners to bolster the High Court bench in what marks the latest expansion of the country's judicial workforce. The cohort includes the daughter of a former Court of Appeal president.
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Malaysia's High Court has scheduled a hearing to consider 1MDB's request to freeze former Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife Rosmah Mansor's assets as part of a RM1.41 billion civil suit alleging illegal luxury goods acquisitions.
A 69-year-old former Malaysian judge has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, marking a significant career transition three years after stepping down from the bench.
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The High Court has postponed the power abuse trial of former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to Monday following the sudden death of his brother-in-law, allowing the defendant time to attend family matters.
A High Court witness testified that businessman Lian Tian Chuan instructed subordinates to draft letters to then-PM Muhyiddin Yassin requesting government projects under the Jana Wibawa scheme.
A company director has testified in High Court that she prepared five separate letters addressed to then-Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on behalf of different companies seeking allocation of Jana Wibawa programme projects.
The High Court heard testimony that former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin did not interfere in the Jana Wibawa programme's project award process, according to statements made during proceedings in Kuala Lumpur.
A High Court in Kuala Lumpur heard testimony that an engineering firm allegedly contributing RM800,000 to Bersatu secured a RM62 million Jana Wibawa project contract despite initially failing the Finance Ministry's evaluation process.
Former Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul has testified in the High Court that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin proposed 54 contractors for the Jana Wibawa programme through direct negotiation channels.
A Malaysian businessman has successfully sued Sin Chew Media Corporation Bhd for RM400,000 in a defamation case. The High Court ruled against the Chinese-language daily over a report that implied he orchestrated an assault on a lawyer.
Former finance minister Tengku Zafrul appeared in the High Court as a witness in the corruption trial of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, relating to the Jana Wibawa programme and allegations of financial mismanagement.
Malaysia's High Court has frozen over RM14 million in assets belonging to the East West Group following a domestic Mareva injunction order, safeguarding potential compensation should investors prevail in their civil litigation.
The Kangar Umno division chief and two other former company directors have lost their legal bid to delay repayment of RM492,480 to a hajj and umrah service provider after the High Court dismissed their application.
A High Court has rejected a stay of execution application by an UMNO official and two associates, clearing the way for RM492,480 to be refunded to umrah pilgrims. The trio had sought to delay payment pending their appeal.