Thebuwana Achaarige Chandrakanthi vs. The Attorney General – CA PHC APN 0025/2023-2024

In the case between Thebuwana Achaarige Chandrakanthi (Accused-Petitioner) and the Attorney General’s Department, the court addressed the issue of whether the High Court had proper jurisdiction to try charges under the Debt Recovery (Special Provisions) Act, specifically when such offences would typically fall within the Magistrate Court’s domain, and whether the Attorney General could validly forward indictments of such nature to the High Court pursuant to Section 393(7) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act. It was determined that the High Court was duly vested with jurisdiction based on statutory authority and judicial precedents. The revision application challenging the High Court’s dismissal of preliminary objections on jurisdictional grounds was dismissed, reaffirming the principle t