Sangapala Arachchilage Don Vinie vs Officer in-charge Police Station, Veyangoda – CA PHC NO. 141/2007-2013

In the case between Sangapala Arachchilage Don Vinie (Appellant) and Officer in-charge, Police Station, Veyangoda, and the Hon. Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether the appeal filed by the appellant was maintainable before the Court of Appeal. It was determined that the preliminary objection to the maintainability of the appeal was valid and that no right of appeal was available against the impugned order. The court held that the appeal must be dismissed, reaffirming the principle that appeals are not maintainable where the statute or legal authority does not provide for such a right. Reliance was placed on the precedent set by Wickremasekera Vs. O.I.C. Ampara [2004] 2 SLR 247, underscoring that legal remedies must be explicitly provided by law, and an a