Notice
SITTINGS OF THE COURT OF APPEAL DURING THE PERIOD 28 th JUNE 2022 TO 01 st JULY 2022
1) Taking into consideration the prevailing situation due to the shortage of fuel and the limited availability of public transport and the need to ensure conserving fuel while attending to urgent and essential work, all cases scheduled to be listed before all Divisions of the Court of Appeal for Argument, Support, Mention, Judgment / Order during the period 28th June 2022 – 01st July 2022 will not be heard/mentioned as scheduled.
2) All such cases shall be re-scheduled on a date which shall be notified in due course.
3) A party who wishes to have a new application or a case that is scheduled between 28th June 2022 – 01st July 2022 be taken up upon urgency, may file a motion by an email to registrar@courtofappeal.lk . A copy of the said motion should be served on the Attorney-at-Law for the other party by electronic means. It is the discretion of the Presiding Justice to consider whether an application is urgent or not. The Registrar will notify the registered Attorney/ Counsel who made the request and also by way of a day list published in the Court of Appeal Website, the date/time/court room. It is the responsibility of the relevant registered Attorney/ Counsel to inform opposite party/parties of such date/ time/court room.
4) All interim orders and orders directing the Respondent/s to maintain the status quo issued by the Court of Appeal in any of the above cases shall stand extended until the next date of each such case. Any party affected by such extension shall file a motion with notice to the other party as aforementioned, moving that such matter be taken up on an urgent basis.
By Order of the Hon. President of the Court of Appeal
REGISTRAR OF THE COURT OF APPEAL
On this 27th day of June, 2022