Adasuriya Mudiyanselage Dinuka Madushan Adasuriya et al. vs Chief Inspector Malin Perera et al. – SC F/R APPLICATION NO. 192/2014-2019

Brief
In the case between Dinuka Madushan and others (petitioners) and the Officer-in-Charge, Slave Island Police Station, the Inspector General of Police, the Attorney General, and others (respondents), the court addressed the issue of alleged violations of fundamental rights during arrest procedures, focusing on whether the arrest and treatment of the petitioners, following a protest, infringed constitutional protections under Articles 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. It was determined that the arrest, effected after a protest and based on a warrant issued in another name with identification by photograph and police instructions, was not proven to have breached the petitioners’ fundamental rights. The decision reaffirmed that for a constitutional violation to be established, clear evidence must d