Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau vs Abdul Rauf Buhardeen Zubairdeen Licensee – CA PHC/APN/62/2021-2022

In the case between the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau (and, in part, the Attorney General’s Department) and Abdul Rauf Bahardeen Zubairdeen, Licensee of Q.P. Employment International Company (Pvt) Ltd., the court addressed the issue of the continuing legal responsibility of a foreign employment agency licensee under the Foreign Employment Bureau Act, specifically regarding the duration of liability and the evaluation of evidence. It was held that the licensee’s liability for employees deployed abroad persists until the employment relationship is properly terminated, as established by witness testimony, and that procedural objections regarding documentary evidence must be raised at the trial stage. The decision reaffirmed the principle that statutory provisions are to be interpreted i