MATTHEW PELOSO v VIKASH KUMAR & Anor

[2023] SGHC 308 High Court (General Division) 27 October 2023 HC/OC 179/2022 ( HC/RA 222/2023 ) 20 min read

10 cases cited (8 SG, 2 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Appeal allowed

I allow the appeal.

Source: [2023] SGHC 308, High Court (General Division), decided 27 October 2023. Read directly from the judgment.

Key facts

Court	High Court (General Division)
Decided	27 October 2023
Judge	Goh Yihan
Charges / claim	Civil Procedure
Outcome	Appeal allowed
Counsel	Audent Chambers LLC, Lions Chambers LLC, Wong Thai Yong LLC, K Balakumar, Leong Hoi Seng Victor, Prasanth Ganesan @ Prasanth s/o Ganesan, Tan Zhengxian Jordan, Viveganandam Devaraj, Wong Thai Yong

Source: [2023] SGHC 308, High Court (General Division), decided 27 October 2023 — eLitigation. Updated 10 July 2026.

Catchwords

Civil Procedure — Striking out Civil Procedure — Rules of Court 2021 — Ideals

Practice Areas

Civil Procedure

Judges (1)

Goh Yihan Delivered

Counsel (9)

Audent Chambers LLC Firm Lions Chambers LLC Firm Wong Thai Yong LLC Firm K Balakumar Counsel Plaintiff Leong Hoi Seng Victor Counsel Defendant Prasanth Ganesan @ Prasanth s/o Ganesan Counsel Plaintiff Tan Zhengxian Jordan Counsel Defendant Viveganandam Devaraj Counsel Plaintiff Wong Thai Yong Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

UHP Holdings Pte Ltd Defendant Matthew Peloso Plaintiff Vikash Kumar Defendant

Case Significance

Peloso, Matthew v Vikash Kumar and another [2023] SGHC 308 is a reserved judgment of Goh Yihan J in the General Division of the High Court, delivered on 27 October 2023 in Originating Claim No 179 of 2022 (Registrar's Appeal No 222 of 2023). It was the defendants' appeal against the Assistant Registrar's decision in HC/SUM 2670/2023 declining to strike out the claimant's claim, and turned on whether a triable issue of fact remained where the claimant's own expert evidence, adduced to rebut the defendant's expert, in reality supported the defendant's version of events. Goh Yihan J allowed the appeal, finding there was no longer a triable issue and that the claim should be struck out.

[2023] SGHC 308 explained

MATTHEW PELOSO v VIKASH KUMAR & Anor ([2023] SGHC 308) is a Singapore judgment decided by the High Court (General Division) on 27 October 2023. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. Within this corpus it has since been cited by 1 other reported Singapore judgment, a measure of how often later decisions have referred to it. This page summarises what the reported decision covers and links the primary sources — the full judgment, the statutes it cites, and the other cases it engages with — so the decision can be read in context. It is reference information, not legal advice, and it does not state the outcome or any holding beyond what the official judgment records.

What is [2023] SGHC 308 about?

MATTHEW PELOSO v VIKASH KUMAR & Anor ([2023] SGHC 308) is a High Court (General Division) decision from 2023. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure — Striking out” and “Civil Procedure — Rules of Court 2021 — Ideals”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

What earlier Singapore cases does [2023] SGHC 308 cite?

Among the in-corpus authorities it refers to are [2023] SGHC 260 and [2023] SGHC 27. The complete list of cases cited, and of later cases that cite this decision, is shown on this page.

How influential is [2023] SGHC 308?

Within this corpus, [2023] SGHC 308 has been cited by 1 later reported Singapore judgment. That count reflects references from other decisions held in this corpus only and is a conservative lower bound on how often the case has actually been cited.

Summary

The defendants, Vikash Kumar and UHP Holdings Pte Ltd, appealed against a refusal to strike out a claim brought by Matthew Peloso, the founder of Sun Electric Pte Ltd, arising from an alleged investment agreement. The appeal turned on whether a triable issue remained where the claimant's own expert evidence on a critical factual issue in reality supported the defendants' version of events. The court allowed the appeal, holding that the claimant's sole pleaded case was factually impossible in light of both parties' expert evidence, and struck out the claim.

What was Peloso v Vikash Kumar [2023] SGHC 308 about?

It was the defendants' appeal before Goh Yihan J against an Assistant Registrar's refusal to strike out Matthew Peloso's claim, turning on whether a triable issue of fact remained, decided on 27 October 2023.

How did the court rule in [2023] SGHC 308?

Goh Yihan J allowed the defendants' appeal and held the claim should be struck out, finding no triable issue remained because the claimant's own expert evidence in reality supported the defendant's version of events.