Chandana Niroshana Lokuliyanage, Vice President, Matara Law Society vs Hon. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe and others – CA WRIT/450/2022-2022

In the case between Chandana Niroshana Lokuliyanage, Mettha Sudarshi Narasinghe (representing the Matara Law Society), and Hon. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms) along with other officials, the court addressed whether the relocation of the Matara Courts Complex to the Kotawila New Complex—citing practical and health-related objections—could be restrainable by judicial intervention under Section 5(3) of the Judicature Act. It was held that the application for a writ of Prohibition was premature and lacked substantiation, reaffirming the principle that the designation and regulation of court premises falls within the statutory powers of the Minister, subject to the process and criteria established by law. Reliance was placed on statutory interpretation, relevant