Roshan Harindra Fernando and other vs Monetary Board of the Central Bank et al. – SC FR 191/2009-2023

In the case between Roshan Harindra Fernando and Ishani Shrimanthi Fernando (petitioners) and the Monetary Board of the Central Bank, Hon. Mahinda Rajapakse (as President and Minister of Finance), the Ministry of Finance and Planning, and related respondents (including the 10th Respondent-Petitioner), the court addressed procedural irregularities concerning the inadvertent listing of the matter before an incorrect bench. It was determined that no order would be made regarding the 10th Respondent-Petitioner’s application during the mistakenly constituted session. The holding reaffirmed that bench constitution must strictly follow directions previously laid down, thereby reinforcing the principle of due process in judicial proceedings. Orders were issued for the reconstitution of the origina