This commentary examines the landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India in Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty & Anor v. Union of India [2024] 2 TCLR 1, a case that navigates the delicate intersection of individual identity, traditional social structures, and the limits of judicial power.

Note: This article is about the case of PS v SDS (Encl 10) [2020] MLRHU 565. (The citation has been reduced to only the initials of the parties because of a request that we received to protect the parties’ privacy.) The Story Unfolds in Court: PS and SDS’s Divorce Case In the High Court of […]

1) I met a couple today. The father is Malaysian. The mother is Indonesian. They have two children, one of whom is now 15 years old. Neither child has a passport or an identity card. 2) Many years ago, the mother lost her passport. It was taken by an agent who did not return it. […]

The Will and The Testator’s State of Mind. The case of Teoh Ying Rin v. Savatery Jayaraman recently concluded in Malaysia’s High Court and appeals court, concerning a dispute over a will after the death of the testator (the person making the will). The initial issue was that the respondent, Jayaraman, raised “suspicious circumstances” regarding […]

Prologue He left his wife RM1. Just one ringgit. Not out of poverty. Not out of ignorance. But by a deliberate act of pen, signed in solemnity, on a quiet October day in 1995. To some, it was a symbolic insult.To others, it was a legal masterstroke. And for the Court of Appeal of Malaysia […]