Duwearatchi and Another v. Vincent Perera and Another – sllr 1984 volume 2 page 094

In the case between the President and Honorary Secretary of the Playing Section of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (petitioners) and the Hon. Minister of Sports and the President and Secretary of the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (respondents), the court addressed whether the Hon. Minister’s direction under Section 39(1) of the Sports Law, requiring the allocation of tennis courts for national coaching and training programmes, was within the lawful power vested by statute. The core issues included the legal status of the Playing Section in relation to the Association, entitlement to control over tennis courts, and the appropriateness of maintaining the interim stay order in light of the balance of convenience and risk of irreparable harm. The court determined that the power exercised by th