JUDGMENT

Atan Mustaffa Yussof Ahmad J:

[1] Before the court is an application by an individual creditor of a company in liquidation seeking disclosure of documents and the formation of a committee of inspection. The application concerns a liquidation that has persisted for over two decades since the winding up order was made in 2004, involving a commercial development project where fundamental issues regarding land amalgamation and the formation of a Joint Management Board remain unresolved.

[2] The application arises from a protracted liquidation process where part of the development property was constructed on government land, creating complex impediments to completing the land amalgamation necessary for strata title issuance. The liquidator had entered into arrangements with a third party to act as a "white knight" to complete the development, but progress has been hampered by the requirement to acquire government land at substantial cost.

[3] The key legal issues before the court encompass the proper statutory framework governing applications against court-appointed liquidators under the transitional provisions between the Companies Act 1965 and Companies Act 2016; the mandatory pr