The Attorney General vs. Perpetual Treasuries Limited et al – CA PHC APN 135/21-2021

In the case between the Attorney-General and Perpetual Treasuries Limited, Arjun Joseph Aloysius, and others, the court addressed whether the Court of Appeal possessed jurisdiction to entertain a revision application by the Attorney General challenging a High Court-at-Bar order that discharged several accused from charges under the Public Property Act, in view of an alleged statutory right of appeal to the Supreme Court. The court held that the existence of a statutory right of appeal to the Supreme Court precluded the exercise of the revisionary jurisdiction by the Court of Appeal. This determination reaffirmed the principle that the explicit provision of an appellate remedy excludes the availability of revisionary review by the appellate court. Reliance was placed on relevant provisions