Puttalam Cement Company Limited vs. Mutukimarana And Another – SLR – sllr 2006 volume 1 page 054

In the case between Puttalam Cement Company Limited and Mutukimarana and Another, the court addressed the issue of whether a newly incorporated company under the Conversion Act may be substituted as the employer for ongoing Labour Tribunal and High Court proceedings, even if such proceedings were not explicitly specified in the incorporation order. It was held that the substitution of the appellant as the employer in pending litigation, notwithstanding the lack of specific mention of Labour Tribunal actions, is proper under the Act. The principle reaffirmed was that statutory language, especially in Sections 2 and 3 of the Conversion Act, requires a harmonious construction to avoid repugnancy among provisions. This decision relied on interpretation of the Conversion Act, emphasizing that s