Kumarasiri And Another v. Rajapakse – sllr 2006 volume 1 page 359

In Kumarasiri and Another v. Rajapakse, the court addressed the maintainability of a revision application against a District Court order accepting an amended plaint. It was determined that defects in the affidavit, specifically an improperly worded and incomplete jurat, violated the Oaths and Affirmations Ordinance and stripped the affidavit of evidentiary value. The court additionally found that the defendant petitioners failed to exercise the statutory right to leave to appeal under the Civil Procedure Code prior to filing the revision application, and no explanation was provided for this omission or delay. The revision application was dismissed, reaffirming the principle that the appellate process must be followed as prescribed by statute, and that revisionary jurisdiction should not op