P. Kisho Kumar v. Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa et al. – CA WRIT APPLICATION NO. 431/2020-2021

In the case between P. Kisho Kumar (trading as Sahana Enterprises) and Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa (Prime Minister/Minister of Finance, etc.), S.R. Attygalla (Secretary to the Minister of Finance, etc.), and others, the court addressed whether writs of Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus should issue, noting the legal and factual issues presented were identical to those determined in CA (Writ) 423/2020. The court found, pursuant to consensus among parties and based on the reasoning in the earlier case, that no legal basis existed to issue notice or grant the writs sought. This judgment reaffirmed the approach that, when applications are factually and legally indistinguishable, the outcome in one proceeding may rightly bind the related matter. Reliance was placed on the principal order in CA (