Caderamanpulle v. Ceylon Paper Sacks Ltd. – sllr 2001 volume 3 page 112

Brief
In the case between Caderamanpulle (plaintiff) and Ceylon Paper Sacks Ltd (defendant), the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner’s application for revision should be entertained in the face of repeated defaults and substantial delay, and whether exceptional circumstances existed to justify re-examination of an order made absolute due to his non-appearance. It was held that the petitioner’s application failed to meet the threshold for revisionary intervention, as no exceptional circumstances or satisfactory explanation for delay were presented. The principle reaffirmed was that revision is an extraordinary and discretionary remedy, which should not be invoked when alternative remedies have been neglected and delay remains unexplained. Reliance was placed on established a