The Court of Appeal unanimously allowed an appeal by SL Land Sdn Bhd and Foong Wei Ching against the joint management body managing Sentral Bazar in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.PUTRAJAYA: Joint management bodies (JMBs) cannot stop property owners from entering their own condominium units over unpaid maintenance charges, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
A three-member bench chaired by Justice Alwi Abdul Wahab, with Justices Shahnaz Sulaiman and Ong Chee Kwan, unanimously allowed an appeal by SL Land Sdn Bhd and Foong Wei Ching against the JMB managing Sentral Bazar in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan.
The court set aside a High Court ruling that had upheld the JMB’s power to impose conditions on entry by defaulters under the Strata Management (Maintenance and Management) Regulations 2015.
