Jayawardena v. Dharani Wijayatilake, Secretary, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Others – sllr 2001 volume 1 page 132

In the case between Jayawardena (Plaintiff) and Dharani Wijayatilake, Secretary, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, and others (Defendants), the court addressed the legality of the cancellation of the petitioner’s appointment as Inquirer into Sudden Deaths and the subsequent reappointment of another individual to that position. The issue concerned whether the first respondent possessed authority to cancel the petitioner’s appointment and if proper procedure was followed, as well as whether the petitioner’s rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution, involving equality before the law and principles of natural justice, were violated. The findings established that both the cancellation of the petitioner’s appointment and the appointment of a replacement were unlawful due to l