The Director General, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption vs Chandana Chithral Kariyawasam – SC APPEAL 64/23-2023

This case involves an appeal concerning a judgment from the Court of Appeal, where focus was placed on whether the judgment was a verbatim reproduction of written submissions without proper judicial evaluation. The Supreme Court determined that the Court of Appeal’s judgment was substantially a verbatim copy of the parties’ written submissions, indicating a failure in independent judicial consideration. Consequently, the judgment of the Court of Appeal was set aside, and the matter was remitted for a fresh hearing before a different panel of judges. The appeal was allowed.

P. PADMAN SURASENA J – Special Leave to Appeal was granted on specific questions of law concerning the Court of Appeal’s judgment. The central issue examined was whether a significant portion of the Court of Appeal’s ju