Sri Lanka’s “Carrom Board Case”: Top Ministers Jailed for Corruption In a landmark judgment on 29 May 2025, a Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in Colombo convicted two senior politicians in a...

Marine Pollution Laws in Sri Lanka and the Legal Aftermath of the X-Press Pearl Disaster The X-Press Pearl disaster in May 2021 stands as one of the most catastrophic maritime environmental incidents...

The case of Bulankulama and Others v. Secretary, Ministry of Industrial Development (2000) 3 SLR 243, commonly known as the Eppawala Phosphate Case or Eppawala Case, stands as a landmark environmental...

Medical negligence has become a growing area of concern in Sri Lanka’s healthcare and legal landscape. In this article, we explore a landmark case on medical negligence in Sri Lanka that has...

In one of Sri Lanka’s most significant environmental law cases, Ravindra Gunawardena Kariyawasam v. Central Environmental Authority and Others – widely known as the Chunnakam case or the...

The Jana Ghosha case stands as a cornerstone in Sri Lanka’s constitutional law, particularly concerning the right to freedom of speech, expression, and peaceful assembly. This landmark Supreme Court...

Imagine a world where international human rights treaties, designed to protect individuals, are rendered powerless within a nation’s borders. What happens when a country’s legal system clashes with...