Galabada Liyanage Chameera Indunil Galabada vs. Mallawaarachchige Don Namalee Mallawaarachchi – CAHCA 01/2024-2024

In the case between Galabada Liyanage Chameera Indunil Galabada (Petitioner) and Mallawaarachchige Don Namalee Mallawaarachchi, Preethi Kumari Sumanarathne, and Udaya Mallawarachchi (Respondents), the court addressed the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus concerning the production and custody of a minor child. The proceedings examined whether interim relief, including travel restrictions on the respondents, could be granted when the corpus had departed Sri Lanka prior to the petition’s filing. The holding determined that, considering the grant of custody to the mother in previous divorce proceedings and the timing of the corpus’s departure, the writ and interim orders were unwarranted. The decision reaffirmed that habeas corpus is an extraordinary remedy, limited in circumstances where le