Kesara Senanayake vs Attorney General and Another – sllr 2010 volume 1 page 149

In the case between Kesara Senanayake (Plaintiff) and the Attorney General and Another (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether an appeal was maintainable under the Supreme Court Rules, owing to the appellant’s failure to name the Director-General of the Bribery Commission as a respondent. The court held that the appeal was not maintainable due to non-compliance with procedural requirements mandating the inclusion of all parties adversely affected by the decision. This outcome reaffirmed the principle that strict adherence to procedural rules, as laid out in the Supreme Court Rules and relevant statutes, is essential for the proper constitution of an appeal. The decision relied on the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption Act, the Code of Criminal Pr