JUDGMENT

Azizan Md Arshad JC:

Introduction

[1] This is an application (encl 185) by the Respondent (Defendant) under O 14A of the Rules of Court 2012 ("ROC 2012") for the determination of the question of law and/or facts without having to go through a full trial. In this case, the Defendant has raised an issue related to the Jurisdiction of this Court to hear this case because it involves O 72 Rules of Court 2012 which is mandatory to be followed, to give jurisdiction to this Court.

[2] The Plaintiffs have raised the issue of estoppel as a reason for objecting to the Defendant's application. Since this issue is the main issue, other applications (Enclosures 92, 115 and 188) depend on this issue. The Defendant's application has been allowed with a cost of RM5,000.00 subject to the allocator fee on 18 July 2023. The Plaintiff has appealed against this decision. The parties are referred to as they were in the High Court.

Application And Legal Questions

[3] The following questions have been referred to this Court to be decided or determined, ie:

(1) bahawa persoalan undang-undang berikut diputuskan tanpa suatu bicara penuh tindakan ini:

"Adakah tindakan plaintif-plaintif di sini (untuk pembatalan geran probet bagi wasiat seorang simati) dibawa ke hadapan Mahkamah dengan betul apabila plaintif-plaintif gagal untuk mematuhi peruntukan mandatori Aturan 72, kaedah 2(3) Kaedah-kaedah Mahkamah 2012 ("Kaedah-kaedah tersebut") kerana tiada sitasi dikeluarkan atau dipohon di bawah Aturan 72 kaedah 7 Kaedah-kaedah tersebut dan probet tidak diserahsimpan di Pejabat Pendaftaran sebelum pengeluaran writ di sini; dan adakah kegagalan plaintif-plaintif untuk mematuhi peruntukan mandatori sedemikian "fatal" kepada tindakan mereka di sini?"

(2) bahawa sekiranya jawapan kepada persoalan undang-undang tersebut adalah bahawa tindakan ini tidak dibawa ke hadapan Mahkamah yang Mulia ini dengan betul dan bahawa kegagalan plaintif-plaintif untuk mematuhi peruntukan mandatori tersebut adalah "fatal" kepada tindakan mereka di sini, penghakiman dimasukkan secara memihak kepada defendan di sini seperti berikut: