DFFCC Bank PLC vs Shaeedul Hijry Mohamed Risan and Wedaralagedara Mohamed Mubarak Siththi Sermila – SC APPEAL 211/2017-2019

Brief
In the case between DFCC Bank PLC and Shaeedul Hijry Mohamed Risan (alias Shaheedul Hijry Mohamed Rishan) and Wedaralagedara Mohamed Mubarak Siththi Sermila (alias Sithy Sharmila Rishan), the Court addressed the legality of travel restrictions—including passport impounding—imposed under section 219 of the Civil Procedure Code in connection with a debt recovery action under the Debt Recovery (Special Provisions) Act. The holding established that interim relief to lift such travel restrictions was not warranted at this interlocutory stage, given that the substantive appeal on the central legal issues had yet to be fully argued. The principle reaffirmed is that interlocutory orders concerning travel restrictions in debt recovery actions should be considered only upon the full ventilatio