S.F. Zamrath Vs. Sri Lanka Medical Council and Others – SC FR/119/2019-2019

In the case between S.F. Zamrath (the Petitioner) and the Sri Lanka Medical Council, Hon. Dr. Rajitha Senarathne (Minister of Health Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine), Wasantha Perera, and the Attorney General (the Respondents), the court addressed whether the Medical Council’s refusal to grant provisional registration to the petitioner, notwithstanding possession of a recognized foreign medical degree and successful completion of the required examination, constituted a violation of fundamental rights. It was held that the imposition of an additional, retrospective pre-entry qualification by the Medical Council, not authorized by the Medical Ordinance, was unlawful. The decision reaffirmed the principle that public authorities are constrained by statutory powers and must respect legitimat