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KIRTI & ANR ETC v. ORIENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY LTD
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

These civil appeals, which have been heard through video conferencing, have been filed by three surviving dependents (who are two minor daughters and father) of the two deceased, impugning the judgment dated 17.07.2017 of the High Court of Delhi through which motor accident compensation of Rs 40.71 lakhs awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Rohini (hereinafter, "Tribunal") on 24.12.2016 under Section 168 of the Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 ("MV Act"), was reduced to Rs 22 lakhs.

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Diskriminasi tidak mempunyai tempat dalam reformasi Mahkamah Anak Negeri

Dua pemimpin anak negeri Sabah tampil memberikan respons terhadap kenyataan yang dibuat oleh Presiden Borneo’s Plight in Malaysia Foundation, Daniel John Jambun yang mencadangkan reformasi besar-besaran terhadap sistem Mahkamah Anak Negeri, termasuklah pengecualian pegawai-pegawai Muslim daripada pentadbiran hal ehwal anak negeri.

Kenyataan beliau yang menyarankan bahawa hanya anak negeri bukan Muslim sahaja yang layak mentadbir institusi berkaitan undang-undang adat telah menimbulkan kebimbangan terhadap arah tuju dan nada perbincangan reformasi ini.


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Gambling debts not legally enforceable in M’sia, Federal Court rules

The apex court rules that transactions premised on gambling activities are against public policy and are illegal, null, and void.

A gambling debt is not legally enforceable in Malaysia on grounds of public policy, the Federal Court has ruled. In delivering the unanimous judgment of the court, Justice Nordin Hassan noted that the government had repeatedly and firmly voiced its stance against gambling in Parliament on grounds that the public derives no benefit from it.

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