SAIFULLA SADIQ SAYED v. SMS OUTSOURCING SERVICES SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
PARAMALINGAM J DORAISAMY
AWARD NO. 1098 OF 2022 [CASE NO: 22/4-2240/21]
13 JUNE 2022

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Pleadings - Amendment of pleadings - Company applying to expunge its Case Reply and file a fresh Statement in Reply - Reasons for the same - Whether it ought to be allowed - Factors to consider - Effect of - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 29(g) and Industrial Court Rules 1967, r. 10(3) & (4)

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MARILYN KHOO MEI LING v. AIRASIA COM TRAVEL SDN BHD
INDUSTRIAL COURT, KUALA LUMPUR
NOOR AZZAH ABDUL AZIZ
AWARD NO. 1159 OF 2022 [CASE NO: 3/4-2703/20]
15 JUNE 2022

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Parties - Joinder - Joinder of AirAsia Berhad to the proceedings - Claimant employed by AirAsia Berhad but transferred to the company and then made redundant whilst on long hospitalisation leave - She never actually reported to the company - Effect of - What would need to be established at the substantive hearing of the matter - Whether the joinder application here ought to be allowed at this juncture - Whether it had been premature - What "effective and enforceable adjudication" had related to

INDUSTRIAL COURT: Procedure - Parties - Joinder - Joinder of AirAsia Berhad to the proceedings - Whether it ought to be allowed - Factors to consider - Evidence adduced - Effect of - Test to be applied - Whether sufficient legal nexus between the parties established - Industrial Relations Act 1967, s. 29(a) & (g)

Award	Parties	Citation	Links
	National Union Of Hotel, Bar And Restaurant Workers, Peninsular Malaysia v. Muhammad Zailani Mat Zin & Anor [Judicial Review No: WA-25-257-09-2020]	[2022] 3 ILR 437
	Ng Yee Hong v. Disciplinary Committee, Malaysian Institute Of Accountants & Anor [Judicial Review No: WA-25-446-10-2019]	[2022] 3 ILR 464
1097/2022	Wong Lee Lee v. Hermetic-Pumps Singapore Pte Ltd [Case No: 5(3)/4-603/21]	[2022] 3 ILR 476
1098/2022	Saifulla Sadiq Sayed v. SMS Outsourcing Services Sdn Bhd [Case No: 22/4-2240/21]	[2022] 3 ILR 481
1151/2022	Zamri Zakaria v. Singer (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd [Case No: 21/4-11/20]	[2022] 3 ILR 487
1159/2022	Marilyn Khoo Mei Ling v. AirAsia Com Travel Sdn Bhd [Case No: 3/4-2703/20]	[2022] 3 ILR 512
1241/2022	Lau Chern Han lwn. URC Snack Foods (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd [No. Kes: 16/4-444/22]	[2022] 3 ILR 522
1261/2022	Shahrir Mansor v. Petronas Dagangan Berhad [Case No: 17(12)/4-1185/18]	[2022] 3 ILR 527
1297/2022	Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacturing Employees' Union v. Taiko Bleaching Earth Sdn Bhd & Ors [Case No: 10(1)/1-644/21]	[2022] 3 ILR 556
1346/2022	Tiru Maran Muniyandi v. Peak Harvest Farm Sdn Bhd [Case No: 4/4-845/21]	[2022] 3 ILR 571
1381/2022	Abdul Latif Abdul Malik v. Malaysia Airport Sdn Bhd [Case No: 10/4-1965/21]	[2022] 3 ILR 598

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