Sena Mills Refineries (Pvt) Limited v Chulananda Perera et al. – CA WRIT 484/2015-2021

In the case between Sena Mills Refineries (Pvt) Limited and Chulananda Perera (Director-General of Customs) with others, the court addressed whether the affidavit and documents (X1–X5) filed by the petitioner in 2018 were admissible in support of a writ application concerning customs classification and financial assessments for crude palm fatty acid consignments imported during 2012–2013. The court held that the affidavit and documents were irrelevant to the current proceedings, as they pertained to separate consignments imported in 2016—previously adjudicated in Writ No. 158/2016—and did not bear upon the present dispute. The decision reaffirmed the principle that only evidence directly relevant to the matters in litigation may be considered, relying on established principles of evidence