Date of Judgment	Case No.	Parties	Judgment by	Keywords (Laws, Provisions & terms)	Legislation	Download
2025-02-28	CA/BAL/0268/2024	Hewage Rusith Thilina Perera Vs Hon. Attorney General	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	Bail application • Possession of heroin • Exclusive possession • Absconding • Prior convictions • Exceptional circumstances • Judicial discretion	Poisons, Opium, and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 17 of 1929, as amended by Act No. 41 of 2022
2025-02-27	CA/BAL/0643/23	Chaminda Samarasinghe Vs. he Officer-in-Charge, Police Narcotics Bureau Colombo-01	Hon.P. Kumararatnam, J.	Exceptional Circumstances	The Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance as amended by Act No.13 of 1984.
2025-02-27	CA/BAL/ 0373/2024	Sadurdeen Mohamed Faris Sajiudeen Vs. The Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Wellawatte	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	bail application - possession of cocaine - exceptional grounds - the mode of arrest - serious health condition	Section 83(2) of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 17 of 1929 as amended by Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2022.
2025-02-25	CA/BAL/ 0075/2024	Madanasingha Arachchilage Sanjeewani Vs The Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Kalpitiya and other	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	bail application - possession of methamphetamine - exceptional grounds - excessive and oppressive delay - exclusive possession	Section 83(2) of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 17 of 1929 as amended by Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2022.
2025-02-25	CA/LTA/08/2023	Porto Emporios Shipping Inc. and others Vs Hon. Attorney General, and others	Hon. M.C.B.S. Morais J.
2025-02-24	CA Bail 0565/23	Reeta Jayanthi Fernando Vs The Attorney General and other	Hon. P. Kumararatnam, J.	Exceptional Circumstances.	The Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance as amended by Act No.13 of 1984.
2025-02-21	CA Bail 0304/24	Hurbert Cooper Vs The Attorney General	Hon. P. Kumararatnam, J.	Exceptional Circumstances.	The Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance as amended by Act No.13 of 1984.
2025-02-21	CA Bail 0614/24	Thalagala Arachchige Sunil Vs The Officer-in-Charge, Police narcotics Bureau Colombo-01 And other	Hon.P. Kumararatnam, J.	Exceptional Circumstances.	The Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance as amended by Act No.13 of 1984.
2025-02-21	CA/BAL/0284/2024	Wattoru Karalige Roshanthi Sanjeewani Fernando Vs Hon. Attorney General and other	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	Possession of methamphetamine - Remand - No previous convictions - No pending cases - No excessive or oppressive delay	Section 83 (2) of the Poisons, Opium, and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, as amended by Act No. 41 of 2022
2025-02-20	CA Writ (Habeas Corpus): 01/2025	P.M. Tharmasuthan, Vs Hon. The Attorney General and others	Hon.M.C.B.S. Morais J.
2025-02-19	CA/BAL/0258/2024	Senanayake Mudiyanselage kapila Prasanna Senanayake Vs.Officer-in-Charge, Police Narcotics Bureau	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	Bail application - Methamphetamine - Live ammunition - One pending case - Lapse of time - Excessive delay - Exceptional circumstance	Section 83(2) of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 17 of 1929 as amended by Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2022
2025-02-18	CA/BAL/0050/2024	Himali Jayakodi Wijerathne Vs. Hon. Attorney General	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	Bail application - Possession of heroine - Previous convictions - Delay - Absence of exceptional circumstances	Section 83(2) of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 17 of 1929 as amended by Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2022
2025-02-17	CA/CPA 0003/2025	Mohamad Bazir Mohamad Asmil, Vs Hon. Attorney General.	Hon. Amal Ranaraja, J.	Evidence - Can the Court grant permission to use a compact disk containing a video recording of a preliminary interview of a child witness with an adult, who is not an accused, as evidence in open Court in child abuse cases? – Legality and procedural correctness of an order-Revisionary jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal.	Evidence (Special Provisions) Act No.32 of 1999. - Section 163A of the Evidence (Special Provisions) Act No.32 of 1999. - Section 110(1) and 110(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979. - Article 138 of the Constitution.
2025-02-17	CA(PHC)APN No. CPA/153/2024	Jeyakumar Saranniya alias Saranya alias Meera Vs Hon. Attorney General.	Hon. Amal Ranaraja, J.	Revisionary jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal- Legality and procedural correctness of an order- Sentencing order – Term of Imprisonment – Compensation – Penal Sanctions	Article 138 of the Constitution. - Section 61 and Section 62 of Assistance to and Protection of Victims of Crimes and Witnesses Act No. 10 of 2023. - Section 300 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act No. 15 of 1979.
2025-02-14	CA/BAL/0281/2024	Abdeen Fauzil Mileeda Vs Hon. Attorney General	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	Bail application - Methamphetamine - Previous convictions - Absence of exceptional circumstances	Section 83(2) of the Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance No. 17 of 1929 as amended by Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act No. 41 of 2022
2025-02-13	CA/RII/0017/2022	Pusselimulla Gamage Sumanawathie Alutgederawatte Vs Matarage Don Hemapala (died) Pitipana North, Homagama and others	Hon.R. Gurusinghe
2025-02-06	CA/WRT/482/ 2024	Yattowita Withanage Hersha Shiromani Ralapanawa Vs Officer-In-Charge, Commercial Crimes Investigation Unit 3 and Others	Hon. S.U.B. Karalliyadde, J.	Order on issuance of formal notices on Respondents, grounds for judicial review	The Code of Criminal Procedure Act and the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.