Muttiah Sasidaran and Jayalath Krishan Peiris Vs. Director General of Customs. – CA WRIT/127/2014-2014

In the case between Muttiah Sasidaran & D.P. Jayalath Krishan Peiris (Petitioners) and K.L.G. Thilak Perera, Additional Director General of Customs (Enforcement) & Jagath P. Wijeweera, Director General of Customs, Sri Lanka Customs (Respondents), the court considered the legality of imposing substantial cash security requirements under Section 154 of the Customs Ordinance as a precondition for Petitioners to pursue legal remedies against monetary forfeiture orders made under Section 129 of the Customs Ordinance. The Petitioners argued that the security sums demanded were excessive and contrary to established practice, contending entitlement under Section 154 to file claims where a monetary forfeiture had been imposed without seizure of goods. It was determined that Section 154 did not appl