Raigam Marketing Services(Pvt) Ltd vs R.A. Prageeth Jaliya Jayathilaka – CA PHC 56/2010-2010

In the case between R.A. Prageeth Jaliya Jayathilaka (Authorized Officer under the Food Act and Public Health Inspector, Vijayapura, Anuradhapura, and the Hon. Attorney General) and Raigam Marketing Services (Pvt) Ltd, the court addressed the lawfulness of orders made by the Magistrate under Section 18(2) of the Food Act—specifically, the imposition of penalties and cancellation of a manufacturing license based on prior convictions, and the subsequent High Court dismissal of the appellant’s revision application without a hearing. It was held that the Magistrate’s findings of multiple prior convictions of a like or similar nature were supported by the record and not contested at earlier proceedings, and the statutory framework permitted the imposition of strict penalties under conditions of