The Court of Appeal set aside the finding of conspiracy by lawful means but upheld the finding of conspiracy by unlawful means against the five defendants.PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal increased the damages payable by five defendants to an estate company to RM449,256.20 after upholding a finding that they conspired to make unlawful profits from a contract for estate operations.
A three-member bench comprising Justices Zaini Mazlan, Faizah Jamaludin and Aliza Sulaiman allowed the relevant appeals in the dispute involving Syarikat V K Kalyanasundram Sdn Bhd, the owner of Huntly Estate and manager of VKK Estate.
The company sued its director and managing director, Kalyani Balasubramaniam; former director and general manager, Barani Kumar Balasubramaniam; directors Vijay Anand P Harivasagan and Thulasingam Kaliappan; and Cosmos Resources Sdn Bhd.
