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KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here allowed the request of attorney Muhammad Shafee Abdullah and two others to vacate a contempt procedure order obtained by the widow of the deceased private investigator P Balasubramaniam against them for allegedly disrespecting the court.
Shafee said Judicial Commissioner Quay Chew Soon granted his request today and those of Baling MP Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim and Dr. S Ganesananthan to vacate an order to initiate contempt proceedings obtained by A Santamil Selvi.
“His permit was canceled at a cost of RM5,000 each awarded to me, Datuk Azeez and Dr. Ganesan.
“Basically, the judge said that the accusations made by (businessman) Deepak Jaikishan in his affidavit for this contempt could not be trusted,” he added.
Shafee said the court dismissed Deepak’s claims that he was not properly appointed to represent the businessman during the first days of the Santamil lawsuit.
“He claimed that we presented his statement of defense without authorization, but the judge refused to believe it, since he appeared with my deputy attorney Sarah Abishegam in the cameras to request an extension of time to present the documents,” he added.
Santamil filed the request to request the court’s authorization to initiate legal proceedings against the trio, claiming that they prevented Deepak from being questioned in an affidavit he submitted along with the defense statement in his lawsuit.
He claimed that Shafee, who initially represented Deepak in the case, had knowingly and falsely informed the court that Deepak was unable to attend court because he was ill.
The procedure, which was supposed to be heard by then-judge Hue Siew Kheng in March 2018, was postponed twice after Shafee submitted a medical report, issued by Ganesananthan.
Santamil also claimed that Deepak had made a police report saying that Shafee, Azeez and the doctor had conspired to prevent him from attending court proceedings by submitting a false medical report.
In the affidavit submitted along with the application, he claimed that Deepak was prevented from attending court proceedings as part of an attempt to prevent him from telling the truth about the involvement of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is mentioned as a defendant in his demand. .
In their statement of claim, Santamil and his three sons, Kishen, Menaga and Reeshi, stated that they had to move to India after Bala’s second legal statement about the murder of the Mongolian citizen Altantuya Shaariibuu. They said that they had stayed in India for 56 months since July 4, 2008.
They are seeking RM840,000 in damages, including renting an apartment in Chennai, India, school fees, and loss of income as a kindergarten teacher, as well as housing loan, transportation costs, general damages, and specials and costs.
However, Santamil’s claim against Najib, Rosmah Mansor and six others was rejected by the Court of Appeal because she had filed the claim after the deadline.
