Apex court denies DBKL’s appeal to reinstate Taman Rimba Kiara project

 

The Court of Appeal had quashed the Taman Rimba Kiara development order in 2021 after it ruled in favour of a judicial review sought by TTDI residents.

PUTRAJAYA: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has failed in its appeal before the Federal Court to reinstate the proposed Taman Rimba Kiara development project.

Chief Judge of Malaya Zabidin Diah, in delivering the three-member panel’s unanimous decision this morning, said there were no merits in the appeal.

Sitting with Zabidin were Justices Nallini Pathmanathan and Rhodzariah Bujang.

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The proposed project involves a 29-storey apartment block with 350 units of affordable housing, as well as eight blocks of serviced apartments and eight storeys of parking facilities.

In 2021, the Court of Appeal had quashed a 2017 Taman Rimba Kiara development order after it ruled in favour of Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) residents in a judicial review.

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