Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka v. United Agency Construction (Pvt) Ltd. – sllr 2002 volume 1 page 008

In the case between Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka and United Agency Construction (Pvt) Ltd, the court addressed the issue of whether an application for leave to appeal against a High Court order enforcing an arbitral award was made within a “reasonable period” as required under the Arbitration Act. The application was lodged 55 days after the High Court’s enforcement order. The court held that the delay was not reasonable and accordingly rejected the application for leave to appeal, reaffirming the principle that, in the absence of a defined statutory limit, the reasonableness of delay must be evaluated in light of the case circumstances. This interpretation relied on the provisions of the Arbitration Act and procedural principles from the Civil Procedure Code, underscoring that promptne