Kekulandara Mudiyanse le Huri Arawe Gedara Sudath et al. v. E.P.T.K. Ekanayake et al. – SC FR NO. 346/2017-2022

In the case between Kekulandara Mudiyanse le Huri Arawe Gedara Sudath, Kusal Annuththara, and Maithree Annuththara (petitioners) and education officials including the Director of Education (Central Province), the principal of Vidyartha College (4th respondent), and other education authorities (respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the alleged harassment of two students by a class teacher, and the subsequent actions or inaction by the educational authorities, constituted a violation of the petitioners’ fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution. It was held that the evidence established that timely and appropriate remedial actions, including disciplinary proceedings against the class teacher, had been taken. The petition was therefore dismissed with no order