Hon. Attorney General vs Dr. Upatissa Atapattu Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Shirani Anshumala Bandaranayake – SC APPEAL NO. 67/2013-2013

Brief
In The Attorney-General v. The incumbent Chief Justice and others, the Supreme Court addressed whether the Court of Appeal’s writ jurisdiction under Article 140 of the Constitution extends to proceedings of Parliament or its committees, and whether the reference to “any Court of first instance or tribunal or other institution or any other person” in Article 140 encompasses Parliament or a committee thereof. Additional legal issues involved the Petitioner-Appellant’s alleged non-compliance with Supreme Court Rule 8, the capacity of the Attorney-General to seek special leave to appeal after having acted as amicus curiae, and whether preliminary objections regarding standing, service, or abuse of process barred the appeal. The Court established that there was compliance with the procedu