EPIC Lanka (Private) Limited vs Hon. S. B. Navinna and others – SC FR 94/18-2018

In the case between EPIC Lanka (Private) Limited and Dr. Nayana Darshana Prasad (Executive Chairman & Managing Director) as petitioners and a group of state officials including the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Presidential Secretary as respondents, the Supreme Court addressed fundamental rights allegations arising from the awarding of a government project without open tenders. The court determined that the petition, which alleged breaches under Articles 12(1) and 14(1)(g) of the Constitution, was substantially a repetition of a prior application and found that the alleged violation occurred at the time of the Cabinet decision on 7th November 2017. As such, the application filed on 12th March 2018 was held to be time barred. The principle reaffirmed is that applications concerning a