Binudi Yehansa Manage vs S.S.K. Awiruppola et al. – SC FR.NO.414/2017-2019

In the case between Binudi Yehansa Manage (petitioner) and S.S.K. Awiruppola, Principal of Vishaka Vidyalaya; Sunil Hettiarachchi, Secretary to the Ministry of Education; and the Attorney General (respondents), the court addressed the issue of alleged discrimination and violation of fundamental rights under Article 12(1) of the Constitution resulting from the refusal to admit the petitioner’s child to Vishaka Vidyalaya despite a directive to do so. The holding established that the refusal constituted a violation of the petitioner’s constitutional rights given the evidentiary inconsistency wherein another child was admitted on the same directive while the petitioner’s child was denied admission. Key legal reasoning reinforced the principle of equality before the law under Article 12(1), hig