Court Rules Seafield Temple Untouchable Until January

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The Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Seafield, Subang Jaya will remain where it is until the hearing of an injunction application is concluded in January next year
This is as the Shah Alam High Court today granted an ad interim injunction to restrain One City Development Bhd from taking any steps in regards to the land possession, according to lawyer Vasanthi Arumugam
She said Judge Wong Kiang Kheong granted the injunction to main plaintiff M Ramachandran, who is the temple task force chairperson, and 49 other plaintiffs
"The Shah Alam High Court today has granted an ad interim injunction to restrain the developer from taking any steps as regards the possession of the temple until the disposal of the application for injunction on Jan 11
"The developer has given an undertaking not to take any steps as regards the temple until disposal of the application for injunction is fully ventilated," she said in a text message
Earlier today, another High Court judge Gunalan Muniandy had recused himself from the injunction hearing after having dismissed a stay application filed by another group of the temple devotees
Ramachandran and 40 others, they were seeking for an injunction to prevent the developer or its agents from approaching the temple to demolish it or for any other purposes until all court actions pertaining to the matter are concluded
The plaintiffs were also seeking to get a stay of execution against a writ of possession, and other relief deemed fit by the court, including costs
Besides One City Development Sdn Bhd, the plaintiffs also named five others as defendents in the application: one K Chellappa, Sime UEP Properties Bhd, Selangor Town and Country Development Planning Department director, the Selangor state government, and one M Nagaraju. - Mkini

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