Wicremabandu v. Herath and Others – sllr 1990 volume 2 page 348

The case between Wicremabandu (petitioner) and Herath and Others (respondents, including state authorities), addressed the legality of detention orders made under Regulation 17 of the Emergency Regulations, specifically whether these orders contravened fundamental rights relating to detention and judicial review. It was held that Regulation 17 was largely consistent with the Public Security Ordinance and the Constitution, although certain provisions—notably paragraph 9—were found unconstitutional. Key legal principles reaffirmed include the scope of permissible preventive detention, the necessity for procedural safeguards such as notification of grounds for detention and availability of judicial review, and the imposition of remedies including compensation when fundamental rights are infri