B.M. Charlet Renuka Kumari vs Hon. Attorney General – C A PHC APN 94/2014-2015

In the case between B.M. Charlet Renuka Kumari and the Hon. Attorney General, the issue concerned whether the Court of Appeal should exercise revisionary jurisdiction under Article 138 of the Constitution to set aside the order of the High Court Judge of Colombo dated 21/07/2014. It was determined that the Court’s revisionary jurisdiction is invoked only in exceptional circumstances, such as where illegality or a miscarriage of justice is alleged. The holding confirmed that, in the absence of any pleaded or substantiated exceptional grounds in the petitioner’s filings, revisionary intervention is not warranted. The principle reaffirmed that revision is an extraordinary remedy, to be exercised only when no other adequate remedy exists and when the interests of justice so demand.

W.M.M. Mal