Ivan Appuhamy and Another v. Chandananda De Silva, Commissioner of Elections and Two Others – sllr 1992 volume 1 page 010

The case between Ivan Appuhamy and others (candidates of an independent group contesting the Negombo Municipal Council election) and Chandananda de Silva, Commissioner of Elections, with other election officials, addressed the issue of whether the fundamental right to ensure an accurate count of preference votes was infringed by restricting the presence of candidates or their agents during the counting process. It was held that the administrative act barring individual candidates from attending the count exceeded the authority vested by law and undermined the candidates’ legitimate interest in the accuracy of the electoral process. This decision reaffirmed the principle that the integrity and transparency of elections must be maintained, particularly when legislative amendments create proc