Vell Paari obtains stay of Meeriam Rosaline’s suit

IPOH: Datuk Seri S. Vell Paari (pic) has obtained an order from the High Court here to a stay of proceedings of a suit by a woman seeking a RM25,000 monthly maintenance fee and access to his dementia-stricken father, Tun S. Samy Vellu.

Justice Hashim Hamzah granted the stay of proceedings of the application for an interim order filed by Meeriam Rosaline Edward Paul, 59.

With this stay order, Vell Paari will be able to temporarily stop Meeriam Rosaline from going ahead with her suit until a decision is made by a High Court in Kuala Lumpur where Vell Paari had requested for the court to determine Samy Vellu’s mental health.

Vell Paari is claiming his 83-year-old father, who is MIC’s former president, has dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease.

He is seeking control of Samy Vellu’s assets, but is being challenged by Meeriam Rosaline who claims to be the latter’s common-law wife.

Meeriam Rosaline filed a suit here last March for unrestricted access to Samy Vellu and to be paid a monthly maintenance fee of RM25,000.

In December last year, Vell Paari filed an originating summons against Samy Vellu at the Kuala Lumpur High Court to determine whether the latter was mentally incapacitated as provided under Section 52 of the Mental Health Act.

Meeriam Rosaline’s lawyer R. Ramesh Sivakumar explained to reporters that their proceeding would continue after the Kuala Lumpur High Court determines Samy Vellu’s mental health state.

Her other lawyer RSN Rayer said she had applied to intervene as a third party in Vell Paari’s suit.

“Once we are allowed to intervene, we will be able to apply to call him (Samy Vellu) as a witness to be cross examined.

“This will also allow the court to assess independently the response to our claims in the Ipoh High Court, ” he told reporters.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court had set Sept 11 to decide on whether to allow Meeriam Rosaline to intervene, while Oct 2 is fixed for the Ipoh case to be mentioned.