PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN ANJUNG HIJAU vs PESURUHJAYA BANGUNAN

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2017 MarsdenLR 680

HIGH COURT MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR
PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN ANJUNG HIJAU – Appellant
Versus
PESURUHJAYA BANGUNAN – Respondent

Table of Content
1. court’s authority to extend agm deadlines. (Para 1 , 2)
2. court's authority to intervene in agm timing under statutory provisions. (Para 3 , 4)
3. arguments for postponement based on existing litigation. (Para 5 , 8)
4. legal provisions regarding agm postponement. (Para 6 , 7 , 12)
5. discussion on the mandatory nature of statutory provisions. (Para 9 , 11 , 14)
6. mandatory vs discretionary powers. (Para 10)
7. judicial discretion in extending statutory time provisions. (Para 18)

[1] The issue that arises in this case is whether the Court has power under s 1(7) of the Strata Management Act 2013 ("the Act") read together with para 8 of the Schedule to the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 , to extend time and postpone the holding of a management corporation's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") which by virtue of para 10(2) of the Second Schedule to the Act, must be held by a specific date.

The Problem

[2] The plaintiff is the management corporation for an apartment building known as "Anjung Hijau Apartment" and its members were elected in an Annual General Meeting ("AGM") on 9 May 2015. During their tenure of office, numerous suits had been filed against them by a rival factio

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2017 MarsdenLR 680

HIGH COURT MALAYA KUALA LUMPURPERBADANAN PENGURUSAN ANJUNG HIJAU – AppellantVersusPESURUHJAYA BANGUNAN – Respondent

HIGH COURT MALAYA KUALA LUMPUR
PERBADANAN PENGURUSAN ANJUNG HIJAU – Appellant
Versus
PESURUHJAYA BANGUNAN – Respondent