Kuala Lumpur – The High Court of Kuala Lumpur today allowed an application by MIC President Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam (pic) and five others and struck out the conspiracy case filed by K.Ramalingam and another 7 former MIC members.
Former MIC Batu Division Chairman, K. Ramalingam and seven former party members had filed the civil action on Feb 5, naming Dr S.Subramaniam, Datuk S. Vigneswaran, Datuk Jaspal Singh and Datuk T. Mohan, Datuk A. Sakthivel, lawyer A. Vasanthi, RoS director-general Mohammad Razin Abdullah and RoS officer-cum-investigator Akmal Yahya as defendants.
The plaintiffs were K.Ramalingam, V. Ganesh, Datuk Henry Benedict Asirvatham, M. Sathiyamurthi, George Alexander Fernandez, R.M. Prabu, R. Sithambaram Pillay and Datuk M.V. Rajoo.
In their statement of claim, the plaintiffs were seeking a declaration that the defendants conspired together to improperly and unlawfully achieve their objectives to undermine the 2013 party election results and to wrest control of the top posts in MIC.
The case was fixed for trial next month August but today the High Court heard the Defendants’ application to strike out the suit on grounds that it was “frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of the court process”.
After hearing submissions from both sides today, High Court judge Yeoh Wee Siam agreed with the Defendants’ application, striking out the case by Ramalingam and 7 others.
The court also ordered costs of RM 3000 to be paid by each of the Plaintiffs.
The Judge held that Ramalingam and 5 others failed to satisfy the court that they are members of MIC and from the evidence adduced it is clear that they are not members of MIC and therefore have no locus standi to seek any relief as aggrieved members of MIC.
The Judge also held that the earlier decision by Justice Asmabi is valid as her decision was based on the finding that it was MIC who agreed to hold the 2013 re- election by virtue of former MIC President Palanivel ‘s 2 letters and therefore the allegations raised by Ramalingam and his group in this case would not have made any change to Justice Asmabi’s decision.
MIC Welcomes decision…
MIC’s information chief Datuk V.S.Mohan (pic), in a press statement today explaining the case as above, also stated that the MIC’s leadership under Datuk Seri Dr S.Subramaniam and other MIC leaders were always consistent with their stand that all their decisions were made in a transparent manner with the sole purpose of party’s interests in mind.
in welcoming the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s decision, Datuk V.S.Mohan further said “All the decisions made by us were made in consultation and with the endorsement of the party’s Central Working Committee, in order to carry out the directives of the Registrar of Societies. The decision of the High Court today is another proof of our stand”.
