Ravindra Buddhadassa Wettasinghe Vs. Hon. Attorney General – CA PHC APN NO.31/2018-2018

In the case between Ravindra Buddhadassa Wettasinghe (Accused-Petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General (Complainant-Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether an order of the High Court allowing certain individuals to examine documents before the High Court Registrar could be revised under Article 138 of the Constitution and the High Court of Provinces (Special Provisions) Act No.19 of 1990. The holding established that the earlier order of the High Court would be implemented with a limitation agreed upon in open court, restricting document examination solely to the State Counsel and the Sri Lanka Transport Board Legal Officer, excluding the witness under cross-examination. This preserved fairness and procedural propriety in the handling of court documents, emphasizing that rev