Darshana Rajitha Hallabagamage vs Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation – CPA/16/2023-2023

In the case between Darshana Rajitha Hallabagamage (petitioner) and Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, the Officer in Charge (Slave Island Police Station), and the Attorney General (respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether revisionary jurisdiction could be invoked to challenge Magistrate and High Court orders relating to the valuation, release, and payment arrangements for melted gold previously in dispute. It was held that the petitioner’s revision application lacked merit, as the petitioner had previously agreed to the valuation and installment payment scheme, and the Supreme Court had already determined the respondent’s entitlement to the gold. The principle reaffirmed is that a party’s voluntary agreement and compliance with Supreme Court rulings foreclose subsequent revisi