Legal Difference That Could Decide Your Fate! “We were all there but are we all equally guilty?” It is a question that has echoed through courtrooms across Sri Lanka for decades. When a crime involves several people, the law does not simply assume that everyone shares the same level of responsibility. Instead, it carefully examines […]
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Many people believe prostitution is illegal in Sri Lanka, but the law is more nuanced than most realise. Explore what Sri Lankan law actually says about prostitution, brothel-related offences, recent spa raids, and the constitutional rights of arrested individuals.
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The Supreme Court confirms that salt is legally a mineral and upholds the authority of Provincial Councils to impose mineral taxes within constitutional limits.
Learn about children’s legal rights, reporting procedures, legal remedies, and the laws that protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and public humiliation in Sri Lanka.
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Can banks sue a guarantor? What does the law of guarantees say in Sri Lanka? Title: Mahasen Sampath Vithanage Happawana vs DFCC Bank PLCCase number: SC CHC Appeal 34/2017Decided on: 2026-05-26Before: M. Sampath K. B. Wijeratne J. Yasantha Kodagoda, PC, J. A. L. Shiran Gooneratne, J. The decision arose from a dispute involving a commercial
Explore landmark RTI cases in Sri Lanka and how the courts have interpreted the Right to Information Act. Since the enactment of the Right to Information Act No. 12 of 2016, Sri Lankan courts have increasingly played a major role in defining the scope of transparency, accountability, and the public’s constitutional right to access information
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Title: The Open University of Sri Lanka and others vs The Right to Information Commission and othersCase number: CA RTI 01/2024Decided on: 2026-May-08Before: Justice R. Gurusinghe, Justice Dr. Sumudu Premachandra Introduction – Students right to access answer scripts In a significant decision on transparency and students’ rights, the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka reaffirmed
From final examination to 3 additional rears? The dispute explained. Title: Chanuth Thihansa Pathirage and others vs The Incorporated Council of Legal Education and othersCase No: CA/WRT/085/2026 CA/WRT/093/2026 CA/WRT/099/2026 CA/WRT/102/2026 CA/WRT/107/2026Decided on: 11.05.2026Before: Rohantha Abeysuriya, P.C., J. & K.P. Fernando J. A group of foreign law graduates has challenged a controversial decision requiring them
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Can foreign divorces be recognized in Sri Lanka? Recognition of foreign divorce decrees within Sri Lankan law and the legal principles governing cross-border matrimonial disputes. Title:Ganegoda Haputhanthrige Sujith Asanka vs. Samarasinghe Gamachchige Senani Piumika Samarasinghe and othersCase Number: SC Appeal 11/2018Decided on: 13 March 2026Before: Justice Janak De Silva, Justice Kumudini Wickremasinghe, Justice Menaka Wijesundera,
The Supreme Court’s decision in Centre for Environmental Justice v. Director General of Wildlife Conservation and Others marks an important development in Sri Lankan environmental jurisprudence. Delivered by Justice Janak De Silva on 6 May 2026, the judgment addressed large-scale forest destruction allegedly taking place within lands attached to the Nakolagane Purana Rajamaha Viharaya in
