Kuruppuge Piyadasa and Waduge Pemananda v Officer-in-Charge, Crime Investigation Branch, Police Station, Ratnapura – CA PHC NO. 156/2001-2001

In the case between Kuruppuge Piyadasa, Waduge Pemananda (Appellants/Accused) and the Officer-in-Charge, Crime Investigation Branch, Police Station, Ratnapura, and the Hon. Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed whether the Court of Appeal possesses jurisdiction to entertain an appeal from a Provincial High Court acting in its appellate capacity and, in the alternative, whether the proceeding could be treated as an application in revision. It was determined that the Court of Appeal lacks jurisdiction to hear such appeals. The court further found that, due to undue delay and in the absence of exceptional circumstances, the proceedings could not be treated as a revision application. The principle reaffirmed is that the appellate jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal does not exten