Sheik Ahamad Mohommed Rasul v. Hon. Attorney General and Officer in Charge – CA PHC/38/2008-2008

In the case between Sheik Ahamad Mohommed Rasul (Appellant) and the Hon. Attorney General and Officer in Charge, Fraud Investigation Bureau, Colombo (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether a Petitioner, having exhausted his right of appeal, may invoke the revisionary jurisdiction of the Provincial High Court on the same matter. The holding established that once the right of appeal has been exercised and determined, pursuit of revisionary relief on identical grounds is not permissible, and applications merely seeking to delay enforcement of a sentence will not be entertained. The principle reaffirmed is that appellate and revisionary jurisdiction are not alternate remedies for the same grounds once the appellate process has concluded. This decision relied on the provisions o