N.A Nimal Ranjith vs N.Bandara et al. – SC FR APPLICATION NO. 208/2012-2019

In the case between N.A Nimal Ranjith (plaintiff) and respondents including N. Bandara, Edirisinghe, Dr. C Vithana, N.K. Illangakoon, and the Attorney General, the issue addressed involved the alleged violation of fundamental rights under Articles 11, 12(1), 13(1), and 13(2) of the Constitution. It was determined that the petitioner, a sanitary labourer, was subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment by the 3rd respondent, a public official, during an assault on 3.2.2012. Medical evidence corroborated the petitioner’s account of the injuries sustained. The court relied on statutory standards and relevant precedents such as WMK de Silva and Channa Peiris, holding that the actions amounted to torture in terms of Article 11. Orders were made for compensation of Rs.50,000 to