Appellate court affirms Petaling land office unlawfully forfeited developer’s land
The Court of Appeal has affirmed a High Court ruling that the Petaling land office had unlawfully forfeited a plot of land from a property developer.
Justice Azimah Omar said the land office failed to compensate SEA Housing Corporation Sdn Bhd for the acquisition of the 2,043.8 sq m plot of land in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, and that it had withheld evidence.
Justices Nazlan Ghazali and Faizah Jamaludin also sat on the panel.
In dismissing the land office’s appeal, the court ordered the developer to be paid RM35,000 in costs.
On April 11, 2023, High Court judge K Muniandy held that the forfeiture of the land was unlawful.
Muniandy also said the land office’s conduct amounted to denying the developer’s constitutional right to property.
SEA Housing Corporation had in 2016 discovered that it was the…
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