Leelawathie v. Sundaralingam, Head Quarters Inspector Of Police, Mirihana And Others – sllr 2006 volume 1 page 326

In the case between Leelawathie (plaintiff) and Sundaralingam, Head Quarters Inspector of Police, Mirihana, and others (defendants), the court examined whether the arrest, detention, and subsequent death and cremation of the corpus were conducted lawfully under the prescribed detention orders. The main issue addressed was whether the petitioner’s allegation of violation of fundamental rights under Articles 126(1), 126(2), and 126(3) of the Constitution could be substantiated, particularly in light of the elapsed time and the prerequisite to establish unlawful detention for a writ of habeas corpus. The evidence established that the corpus had been arrested during a period of national unrest, detained under lawful orders, shot by police, and cremated. The holding determined that the arrest a