The Director General, Commissioner to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption vs. Konara Mudiyanselage Dissanayake – CA PHC APN 0013/24-2024

In the case between The Director General/Commissioner to Investigate Allegations of Bribery and Corruption (on behalf of the Bribery Commission) and Konara Mudiyanselage Dissanayake “Asiri”, the court addressed the validity of the indictment and the legality of procedural steps taken under the Bribery Act, specifically concerning the requirement for commission-wide directives pursuant to the CIABOC Act for initiating criminal proceedings. It was held that procedural requirements as interpreted by the High Court were erroneous and not warranted by the statutory provisions, reaffirming the principle that neither the Bribery Act nor the CIABOC Act compels the explicit sanction of all three commissioners for criminal prosecution. This determination relied on Sections 11 and 12 of the CIABOC Ac