M.D. Malik Sachinthana vs University Grants Commission et al. – SC FR/311/2019-2022

In the case between Manimel Dura Malik Sachinthana (the Petitioner) and the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Director of the Advanced Technological Institute (ATI), and others, the court addressed the issue of whether the petitioner was unjustly denied admission to the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, due to an alleged improper registration at ATI. The court held that the petitioner’s Fundamental Rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution were violated as the petitioner was not a validly registered student at ATI, despite an administrative error, and thus should not have been deemed ineligible for university admission. The principle reaffirmed concerned the right to equality and non-discrimination in accessing higher education. The decision relied on constitutional provisi