Sunil Abhayawardana vs The Assistant Commissioner of Labour – CA PHC APN 0148/2023-2024

In the case of Sunil Abhayawardana (5th Accused/Appellant, former director) and others versus the Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Termination Unit, Department of Labour, Colombo-05) and the Attorney General, the court addressed whether there existed a statutory right to appeal the Magistrate’s conviction and sentence and whether a revision application constituted an appropriate remedy in the absence of such statutory appeal provision under the Termination of Employment of Workmen (Special Provisions) Amendment Act No. 45 of 1971. The proceedings established that the petitioner’s appeal had been dismissed by the High Court due to non-appearance and that the subsequent revision application challenged the process based on procedural technicalities regarding notification and the necessity fo