Dr. Ranjit Fernando v. Sri Lanka Medical Council – sllr 2003 volume 3 page 173

In the case between Dr. Ranjit Fernando and the Sri Lanka Medical Council, the court addressed whether charges of negligence and failure to act with due care, as framed by the Professional Conduct Committee, were legally sufficient to constitute infamous conduct under the Medical Ordinance. It was further considered if the Committee had the jurisdiction to amend the charges to include negligence as a component of infamous conduct, and whether the application for a writ of certiorari to quash the charges was appropriately timed. The court held that the Professional Conduct Committee possessed the authority to determine whether professional conduct, including any aspect of negligence, amounted to infamous conduct and found that the application for certiorari was premature, as the inquiry pro