Selvi Ranjan vs Kamalini De Silva – CA PHC APN 24/2014-2014

In the case between Selvi Ranjan (1st Respondent-Petitioner, mother of the children) and Ranjan Karuppiah (2nd Respondent-Respondent, father), with Kamalini De Silva (Petitioner-Respondent, Secretary to the Ministry of Justice) acting as the Central Authority, the court addressed whether preliminary objections raised against the revision application concerning the return of children under the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Act No.10 of 2001 were sustainable. It was determined that the preliminary objections—pertaining to locus standi, delay, maintainability of revision proceedings, validity of affidavits, and absence of an appeal by the Central Authority—were not meritorious. The principles reaffirmed included that procedural irregularities in affidavits do not automaticall