Sandresh Ravindra Karunanayake v. Hon. Attorney General and Others – CA WRIT/441/2021-2021

In the case between Sandresh Ravindra Karunanayake (Petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General, The Registrar of the High Court-at-Bar, and others (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the Attorney General’s decision to indict the Petitioner based on the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the issuance of Treasury Bonds was valid. It was held that the decision to charge the Petitioner was made without adequate evidence and lacked due process, thereby warranting the issuance of a writ of Certiorari to quash the charges. The principle reaffirmed is that prosecutorial decisions must be grounded in sufficient evidence and adhere to procedural fairness. This decision relied on established standards regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion, with the court emphasiz