MOHD ABDUL KARIM ABDULLAH & ORS v. LEMBAGA KUMPULAN WANG SIMPANAN PEKERJA

[2025] 5 MLRA 521
Federal Court, Putrajaya
Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim PCA, Abdul Rahman Sebli CJSS, Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ
[Civil Application No: 08(i)-66-03-2024(B)]
Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim PCA, Abdul Rahman Sebli CJSS, Zabariah Mohd Yusof FCJ

JUDGMENT

Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim PCA:

Introduction

[1] The Applicants sought leave to appeal under s 96(a) of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 ("CJA") against the decision of the Court of Appeal which ruled, that following Ong Kim Chuan & Anor v. Lembaga Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja [2009] 2 MLRA 565; [2009] 5 MLJ 807; [2009] 6 CLJ 586 ("Ong Kim Chuan"), "the directors may be sued independent of the company...and that s 46 of the Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 ('EPF Act') does not bar the EPF to name only director in their claim".

[2] The Court of Appeal, in so ruling, had thus affirmed the granting of summary judgment by the High Court under O 14 of the Rules of Court 2012 ("ROC"), upon finding that there are no issues to be tried.

[3] In this application for leave to appeal, the Applicants proposed seven questions of law ("QOL") revolving around the meaning and application of s 46 of the EPF Act relating to:

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