Professor Pushpa Lalani Jayawardana vs Professor A.R. Wickramasinghe – CA WRIT/265/2011-2021

In the case between Professor Pushpa Lalani Jayawardana (Plaintiff/Petitioner) and Professor A.R. Wickramasinghe (Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya) along with members of the Faculty Board and the University of Kelaniya (Defendants/Respondents), the court addressed the legality of the dissolution of the Ethics Review Committee (ERC) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya and the subsequent appointment of a new committee. The issues concerned the lawfulness of the Dean’s action, the validity of Faculty Board ratification, and whether these actions justified the issuance of public law remedies via prerogative writs. It was held that the actions, including the dissolution and ratification, did not violate statutory or public law duties and that positions within the