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...

Mahinda Rajapakse  v.  Chandra Fernando and others (the Helping Hambantota case) SC(FR) App: No. 387/2005 The Bench comprised Chief Justice, Sarath N. Silva, Justice Shirani Tilakawardena...

Introduction The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, in the case of Niyakulage Dilruk Sanjeewa Fernando v. Meddakandage Anilka Rohini Perera, has delivered a significant ruling concerning the procedural...

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...