Premasiri And Others v. Kumarasinghe – sllr 2005 volume 3 page 043

In the case of Premasiri and others (plaintiffs) v. Kumarasinghe (defendant), the court addressed whether a party may object to the calling of a witness on grounds of predicted irrelevance or inadmissibility when the witness’s name has been included in the official list under section 121 of the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that a listed witness is entitled to be called, irrespective of any anticipatory challenge regarding relevance or admissibility, reaffirming the procedural principle that the admissibility and relevance of evidence are matters to be determined exclusively by the judge at the point when evidence is given. Reliance was placed on the Civil Procedure Code and existing case law, underscoring that pre-emptive objections based on speculation are not permissible and that su