Udagangoda Kudaakara Ralalage Nimal Boralugoda and Heenmahaththaya Liyanage vs National Gem and Jewellery Authority and Hasitha Thilakaratne – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO. 744/09-2014

In the case between Udagangoda Kudaakara Ralalage Nimal Boralugoda and Heenmahaththaya Liyanage (Petitioners) and the National Gem and Jewellery Authority among others (Respondents), the court addressed the legality of the cancellation and reissuance of a Gemming Licence for Raththanaketiya Kumbura, as well as the legal effect of directives from the Human Rights Commission regarding such licensing. It was held that the cancellation of the petitioners’ licence and the subsequent grant of a licence to the 6th and 7th respondents were unlawful, as the statutory process under the National Gem and Jewellery Authority Act had been disregarded, and the Human Rights Commission’s recommendations lacked binding authority in this context. The principle was reaffirmed that jurisdiction for determining