[1] At the High Court, the respondent's application to strike out the above winding-up Petition made pursuant to s 23(1) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Act 91) and/or O 18 r 19(1)(a), (b), (c) and/or (d) of the Rules of 2012 and/or inherent jurisdiction of the Court, was allowed with no order as to costs. The appellant/Petitioner appealed. Upon hearing learned counsel for the respective parties, we allowed the appeal with costs of RM10,000.00 subject to payment of allocatur.

[2] The appeal turns on the narrow issue of the jurisdiction of the High Court of Malaya to hear the present winding-up Petition; it being contended by the respondent that the Petition fel