Gabadage Somawathie vs Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Narahenpita – CA PHC APN NO. 52/2014-2014

In the case between Petitioner Gabadage Somawathie and Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Narahenpita, along with the Hon. Attorney General and A.S. Prabhath Perera, the Court of Appeal addressed the issue of whether a revision application should be withdrawn due to procedural irregularities, namely, non-compliance with the Rules of the Court of Appeal. It was held that the application for withdrawal must be allowed, thereby dismissing the revision application to enable the filing of a regularized application. The principle reaffirmed is that compliance with procedural rules is requisite for the maintainability of revision applications. The Court’s decision drew upon the necessity to observe established procedural requirements, reinforcing the impact that procedural lapses have on the fate