JUDGMENT

Hasnah Mohammed Hashim FCJ:

[1] These are the appeals by the Appellants against the decision of the Court of Appeal (COA) which dismissed the appeal by the Appellants against the decision of the High Court made on 28 March 2022 and against part of the decision of the COA in dismissing Notice of Motion dated 6 April 2022 [Encl 19]. We heard oral submissions by all learned counsel representing the respective parties and at the end of those submissions, we allowed the appeals. These are our reasons as to why we had so decided.

[2] On 23 August 2023, leave to appeal was granted to the Appellants on the following Questions of Law (QOL):

(i) Whether the Court of Appeal in Civil Appeal: W-02(IM)(NCvC)1556-10/2020 has, on 25 August 2021, which had ordered consequentially that "Perintah Mahkamah Tinggi bertarikh 7 Oktober 2020 dipinda ('varied') di mana pihak Responden-Responden/Plaintif-Plaintif adalah dikehendaki untuk menambah Soo Teck Lee (No. K/P: 680107-10-6035) dan Lim Siew Kien (No. K/P: 650930-10-6050), sama ada sebagai plaintif-plaintif ataupun defendan-defendan, dalam prosiding Mahkamah Tinggi ini dalam tempoh 14 hari dari tarikh Perintah ini, dan jika Responden-Responden/Plaintif-Plaintif gagal berbuat demikian, tindakan Responden-Responden/Plaintif-Plaintif di Mahkamah Tinggi akan dibatalkan ('shall stand as struck off) ("the said COA Order") become functus officio after granting the said COA Order and is, therefore, not entitled and/or does not have the jurisdiction to give the said COA Consequential Order.