Gold Light Garments & Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd. Vs. A.M Asian Recourses Ltd. – CA 285/2000-2000

The case between A.M Asian Resources Ltd. (Plaintiff-Respondent) and Gold Light Garments & Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd. (Defendant-Appellant) addressed the issue of whether the appeal filed by the Defendant-Appellant should be continued. It was held that, upon application by the Defendant-Appellant’s counsel, the appeal was permitted to be withdrawn and accordingly dismissed without an order as to costs, reaffirming the principle that an appellant may withdraw an appeal upon request and with leave of the court. Reliance was placed on procedural rules governing appellate practice, with emphasis placed on efficient judicial management and the finality brought by a formal withdrawal of proceedings at the appellate level.

Upaly Abeyrathne J. — The findings established that the application for with