Date of Judgment	Case No.	Parties	Judgment by	Keywords (Laws, Provisions & terms)	Legislation	Download
2025-06-20	CA/HCC/ 101/2023	Herath Mudiyanselage Weerasekara Vs The Hon. Attorney General	Hon. P. Kumararatnam, J.	Excessive Sentence	The Penal Code.
2025-06-18	CA/REM/0004/2018	KDB Capital Co. K. Ltd Vs Korea Ocean Energy Co., Ltd.	Hon. R. Gurusinghe, J.	Action in rem and action in personam	The Admiralty Jurisdiction Act No. 40 of 1983
2025-06-16	CA (WRIT) 0272/2024	Commander M.S.D. Perera, Vs Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters, Sri Lanka Navy. and others	Hon. Dr. Sumudu Premachandra J.	Applicability of section 48 of the Judicature Act to section 42(3) of the Navy Act Is Judge Advocate a Judicial Officer
2025-06-16	CA (Writ)/03/2021	Keshini Goonetilleke and other Vs Hon. Attorney-General and others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J. (ACT. P/CA)	Cheating, Indictment, Absence of Mens Rea.	Section 398 of the Penal Code.
2025-06-16	CA/WRT/511/2025	Mohammad Ismail Adbul Majeed Secretary and others Vs M. L. M. H. M. Mohideen Hussain Chairman And 52 others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J (President C/A)- Acting.	Wakf, Alternative Remedies.	Article 140 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
2025-06-16	CA (Writ)/590/2023	Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Priyan Benildus Fernando Vs Hon. Attorney General and others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J. (ACT. P/CA)	Cheating, Indictment, Absence of Mens Rea.	Section 398 of the Penal Code.
2025-06-16	CA/WRT/160/2024	Mr. M. S. M. Rasheed and other Vs Mr. M. S. Ala Ahamed Deputy Director, Muslim Mosque and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs and others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J (President C/A)- Acting.	Suppression of Material Facts, Facts are in Disputes, Alternative Remedies, Futility, Necessary Parties.	Article 140 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. .
2025-06-16	CA/WRT/591/25	Board of Management of the Muslim Ladies Arabic College, Kal- Eliya Managing Society, and others Vs Mr. M. L. M. H. M. Mohaideen Hassan Chairman and 23 Others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J (President C/A)- Acting.
2025-06-13	CA HCC 0194/2023	Mailappuge Ananda Karunarathna Vs. The Attorney General	Hon. AmalRanaraja, J.	Grave sexual abuse on a minor – Minimum mandatory sentence - Discretion of a Trial Judge to reach a conclusion as regards to a sentence is not inhibited or controlled by a mandatory sentence imposed by a stature, however there should be some adequate reasons to do so – Aggravating circumstances present, public interest demands that a custodial sentence be imposed on the appellant as convictions for grave sexual abuse carries significant implications not just for the victim but for the society as a whole – The legal consequences imposed on individuals convicted of grave sexual abuse are designed to reflect the seriousness of the crime.	- Section 365 B(2)(b) of the Penal code (as amended).
2025-06-13	CA-HCC/138/2024	The Hon. Attorney General Vs Alugaha Gamage Thushara Dhammika	Hon.B. Sasi Mahendran, J.	188 and 263, 200, 200/1 of the Criminal Procedure Code	Discharged and acquittal
2025-06-12	CA/RII/39/2023	Wijayalath Pedige Nimal Karunathilaka alias Wijayalathge Nimal Karunathilaka, and others Vs Rankoth Pedige Kalyanawathie and others	Hon. Dr. S. Premachandra J.
2025-06-12	CA/RII/0073/2024	Zeon International Private Limited Vs Nawarathna Arachchige Manel Priyangani alias Nawarathna Arachchige Manel Priyangani Nawarathna Edirisingha and other	Hon. R. Gurusinghe J.
2025-06-12	CA/HCC/0315/2016	Raveendran Surendran alias ‘Bole’ Vs Hon. Attorney General	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	Murder • Murderous intention • Death by asphyxiation due to drowning • Circumstantial evidence • ‘Last Seen’ theory • Accused’s age at the time of committing the crime	Section 296 of the Penal Code • Section 297 of the Penal Code • Section 53 of the Penal Code • Article 6(5) of the ICCPR
2025-06-09	CA/WRT/171/20	Kanugala Mudiyanselage Abeywardhana Vs Land Commissioner General and others	Hon. K.M.G.H. Kulatunga, J	• permit under the Land Development Ordinance • grant under the Land Development Ordinance • life interest qua spouse • nomination by endorsement • nominee successor • de novo permit • lawful successor	7. Section 63 of the Land Development Ordinance 8. Section 64 of the Land Development Ordinance 9. Section 65 of the Land Development Ordinance 10. Section 87 of the Land Development Ordinance
2025-06-05	CA/RII/0038/2023	Muthukuda Arachchilage Don Suranga Dilruk, vs Gamma International (Private Limited and others	Hon. R. Gurusinghe, J.	Injunction, prima facie case	Article 138 of the Constitution
2025-06-04	CA/Writ/433/2017	S.A.F Russain and Other Vs P.H. Colombage, Commissioner of Housing (Western Province) and Others	Hon. Damith Thotawatte, J.	Res Judicata, functus officio, Section 18A of the Rent Act No. 7 of 1972	The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. the Rent Act No. 7 of 1972 amended by the Act No. 55 of 1980 and Act No.26 of 2002
2025-06-04	CA-HCC/156-159/2020	Akurugoda Gamage Upendra and others Vs The Hon. Attorney General	Hon. B. Sasi Mahendran, J.	Dying Declaration, Corroboration	Section 296 of the Penal Code
2025-06-04	CA (Writ) /219/2019	A. D. P. Hemanthi Perera, Vs Land Survey Council, Surveyor General’s Office, and others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J. (ACT. P/CA)	Facts in Disputes, Land Ordinance, Wrt.	State Land Ordinance No. 08 of 1947.
2025-06-03	CA/WRT/201/2025	SLIM Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd Vs State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka and others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J. (ACT. P/CA)	Interim Orders, Prima Facie case, Procedural Irregularity.	Article 140 of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. .
2025-06-02	CA WKF 01/2023	A. Safeer and others Vs A.G.M. Siyath and others	Hon. M. T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR, J. (President C/A)- Actg.	Changing the Name of the Mosque, Wakf Board has no Right to Change the name of the Mosque Against the Past Practice.	Muslim Mosque and Charitable Trusts or Wakfs Act No 51 of 1956 as Amended read with Section 755 of the Civil Procedure.
2025-06-02	CA-Writ- 312/21	Prof. (Dr). Chelliah Elankumaran Vs The University of Jaffna and Others	Hon. S.U.B. Karalliyadde, J.	Disciplinary inquiry, chapter XXII of the Establishment Code of the University Grants Commission and Higher Education Institutes, delay. Procedural irregularities.	The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
2025-06-02	CA-Writ- 373/19	Prof. (Dr). Chelliah Elankumaran Vs The University of Jaffna and Others	Hon. S.U.B. Karalliyadde, J.	Disciplinary inquiry, chapters X and XXII of the Establishment Code of the University Grants Commission and Higher Education Institutes, natural justice, futility, estoppel.	The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.