VIVEK KAPOOR & Anor v ZHANG XIAOSHI

[2025] SGMC 24 Magistrate Court 5 May 2025 MC/OC 2139/2024 ( MC/SUM 2729/2024,MC/SUM 2743/2024 ) 20 min read
1 cases cited

Key facts

Court Magistrate Court
Decided
Judge Teo Wei Ling
Charges / claim Civil Procedure

Source: [2025] SGMC 24, Magistrate Court, decided — eLitigation. Updated .

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Parties (3)

Case Significance

[2025] SGMC 24 is a Magistrate Court decision dated 5 May 2025 concerning Civil Procedure, specifically addressing judgments and orders. The judgment was delivered by Teo Wei Ling. The case was brought by Chawla Richa Mrs Richa Kapoor and others (plaintiff) against Zhang Xiaoshi (defendant). The judgment cites 1 case.

[2025] SGMC 24 explained

VIVEK KAPOOR & Anor v ZHANG XIAOSHI ([2025] SGMC 24) is a Singapore judgment decided by the Magistrate Court on 5 May 2025. It is categorised under Civil Procedure. It is a recent decision; within this corpus no later judgment has cited it yet. 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 [2025] SGMC 24 about?

VIVEK KAPOOR & Anor v ZHANG XIAOSHI ([2025] SGMC 24) is a Magistrate Court decision from 2025. Its published catchwords are “Civil Procedure – Judgments and orders – Setting Aside”, which indicate the subject matter the judgment addresses. The full reasoning and orders are in the judgment itself, linked below.

Summary

A tenant applied to set aside a default judgment of $16,923 entered against her for unpaid rent and property damage in a tenancy dispute. The court dismissed the application, finding the tenant failed to demonstrate a prima facie defence as the landlords had produced sufficient evidence of the claimed damages and the tenant's own evidence on air-conditioning maintenance was inadequate.

What was decided in [2025] SGMC 24?

[2025] SGMC 24 (VIVEK KAPOOR & Anor v ZHANG XIAOSHI) is a Magistrate Court decision from 5 May 2025 addressing Civil Procedure, specifically judgments and orders. The judgment was delivered by Teo Wei Ling.

Who were the parties in VIVEK KAPOOR & Anor v ZHANG XIAOSHI ([2025] SGMC 24)?

The plaintiff in [2025] SGMC 24 was Chawla Richa Mrs Richa Kapoor, Vivek Kapoor, and the defendant was Zhang Xiaoshi. The case was decided on 5 May 2025 in the Magistrate Court.

Which judge decided [2025] SGMC 24?

[2025] SGMC 24 was delivered by Teo Wei Ling in the Magistrate Court on 5 May 2025. The case concerned Civil Procedure.

Cases Cited (1)

SLR (1)
[2008] 4 SLR(R) 907

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Judgment

Read the full judgment on the official Singapore Courts portal.

Read on eLitigation

Source: eLitigation ([2025] SGMC 24)