C.A. (PHC) No.130/2003… – CA PHC NO.130/2003-2014

In the case between the appellant (name not given) and the respondent (represented by the Attorney General, with Senior State Counsel Anoopa de Silva), the court addressed the issue of whether an appeal to the Court of Appeal was procedurally valid in light of the precedent set in *Wickramasekera Vs. O.I.C. Ampara* (2004 1 SLR 257). It was determined that, following the reasoning and holding in *Wickramasekera*, the appellate power of the Court of Appeal was restricted in such matters, and the correct avenue for appeal lay with the Supreme Court. The appeal was found to be improperly constituted and consequently dismissed without costs, reaffirming the principle that appeal routes must conform strictly to statutory and judicial authority.

K.T.CHITRASIRI J. — Upon consideration of the sub