Subramaniam, seven others succeed in striking out conspiracy suit

The High Court here today allowed an application by MIC president Datuk Seri Dr. S.Subramaniam and seven others to strike out a suit related to an alleged conspiracy to topple former president Datuk G.Palanivel last year.

Judge Datuk Yeoh Wee Siam made the decision in chambers after hearing submissions from all the eight plaintiffs and eight defendants.

Senior federal counsel Datuk Amarjeet Singh who represented two of the defendants - Registrar of Societies Malaysia (RoS) director-general Datuk Mohamad Razin Abdullah and RoS officer Akmal Yahya - when met said the court had dismissed the suit on grounds that all the plaintiffs had no locus standi to file the suit.

He said the court also ordered all the plaintiffs to pay cost of RM15,000 to all the defendants.

On Feb 5, former MIC secretary-general A.K. Ramalingam and seven others filed the suit against Subramaniam and seven others over an alleged conspiracy to topple Palanivel last year.

The other plaintiffs were V.Ganesh, Datuk Henry Benedict Asirvatham, M.Sathiyamurthu, George Alexander Fernandez, R.M Prabu, R. Sithambaran Pillay and V.Rajoo.

They named Subramaniam, Datuk S. Vigneswaran, Datuk Jaspal Singh, T. Mohan, A Sakthivel, lawyer V. Vasanthi, Mohamad Razin and Akmal as defendants.