A.L.M Rushdhaan, R.W.D.L.H.Rajasekara, M.L.M. Nasly, Dulanjana Nishamali de Silva, W.I Madhushani, Francis Vijitharan v. Sri Lanka Medical Council, Hon.Dr.Rajitha Senarathne, Dr. Anil Jayasinghe, Hon. Attorney General – 400/2019-2020

In the case between several foreign medical graduates (including petitioners such as Dr. Irosha Bandara and others) and the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), the issue addressed concerned the SLMC’s imposition of a pre-entry Advanced Level qualification as a prerequisite for foreign medical graduates seeking to sit for the Examination for Registration to Practise Medicine (ERPM) in Sri Lanka. The central holding determined that this imposition, made in excess of the statutory guidelines under Section 29(2) of the Medical Ordinance, constituted an infringement of the petitioners’ fundamental rights under Articles 12(1) and 14(1)(g) of the Constitution. The principle reaffirmed is that administrative bodies are bound by parliamentary legislation and may not introduce additional requirements