Dharmadasa and Others v. Kumarasinghe – sllr 1981 volume 2 page 113

In the case between Dharmadasa and Others (Plaintiffs) and Kumarasinghe (Defendant), the court addressed the computation of the fourteen-day period for lodging a notice of appeal under section 754(4) of the Civil Procedure Code, specifically whether Saturdays should be excluded due to their status as non-working days under the Fuel Conservation Five Day Week Act and related statutes. It was held that Saturdays, being non-working days when court offices are closed, are to be excluded from the computation of the appeal period. The principle established is that statutory or regulatory measures rendering a day a non-working day for courts justify its exclusion from procedural time limits. This decision draws upon an analysis of the Civil Procedure Code, Fuel Conservation Five Day Week Act, rel