{
  "id": 12334299,
  "title": "Court rules inherited shares need no transfer process",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/court-rules-inherited-shares-need-no-transfer-process",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T07:54:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/1549000/court-rules-inherited-shares-need-no-transfer-process"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has ruled that shares left to beneficiaries under a will pass by operation of law through \"transmission\" and need not undergo the usual share-transfer process. A three-member bench comprising judges Datuk Wong Kian Kheong, Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid and Datuk Ahmad Fairuz Zainol Abidin made the ruling in allowing an appeal by three beneficiaries of the estate of…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}