Hettimudiyanselage Nani Wijesiri Somalatha Menike v. Dalugama Multi Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd. – SC APPEAL NO. 14/2013-2014

In the case between Hettimudiyanselage Nani Wijesiri Somalatha Menike and Dalugama Multi Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd., the issue concerned whether the High Court erred by ordering reinstatement without granting back wages and whether the termination of employment was unjust and unreasonable in view of the Applicant-Appellant having been assaulted and forcibly removed from the workplace. The Supreme Court determined that the denial of back wages was unreasonable given the clear evidence of wrongful conduct by the Chairman which led to the unjust termination. The court, reaffirming the principle that an employee who is victim to unjust termination should be reinstated with full back wages, relied on established legal standards of employment protection. This decision emphasized that mere