Kumarasinghe and Another v. State Development & Construction Corporation – sllr 1994 volume 3 page 204

In Kumarsinghe and Another v. State Development & Construction Corporation, the Supreme Court was called to determine the legality of transferring labor tribunal applications between venues as an administrative function, the proper exercise of appellate jurisdiction by the Provincial High Court under the Industrial Disputes Act, and the permissibility of a joint appeal by the workmen. It was held that the transfer of applications from the Labour Tribunal, Colombo to Kurunegala was valid as an implied administrative act; any challenge to such an order was reviewable only by the Western Provincial High Court. The High Court’s procedural dismissal of a joint appeal on the grounds of non-separate filings was found incorrect, with the Supreme Court clarifying that a technical defect did not pre