Attorney General vs Vijayanthi Perera – CA PHC/APN/144/16-2017

In the case between the Officer in Charge, Special Investigation Unit, Criminal Investigations Department and others (Petitioners) and Vijayanthi Perera, the Director General (Cover Duty) of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, and others (Respondents), the court addressed whether a party is constitutionally entitled, under Article 24(3) of the Constitution of Sri Lanka, to receive a Sinhala translation of a judgment or any part of the record maintained in English after termination of proceedings, and whether referral to the Supreme Court for interpretation under Article 125 was required. The proceedings had concluded, and a request was made for a translation of the judgment into Sinhala. The court determined that the scope of Article 24(3) did not clearly extend translation rights bey