Balasuriya Kankanamlage Abhaya Pathmasiri Balasuriya vs Provincial Secretariat, Kandy and Gangawata Korale – CA/TR/228/2014-2015

In the case between Balasuriya Kankanamlage Abhaya Pathmasiri Balasuriya and Rev. Nehiniwela Piyadassi Thero, Trustee of Gangarama Temple (Malwatta Temple, Kandy), along with the Provincial Secretariat, Kandy and Gangawata Korale, and the Registrar, District Court, Kandy, the court addressed whether District Court Case No. LA 215/2010 should be transferred from the District Court of Kandy to the District Court of Colombo under section 46 of the Judicature Act No. 2 of 1978 and Article 138(2) of the Constitution. The central issue was whether a fair trial for the petitioner was compromised in Kandy, particularly due to alleged difficulties in obtaining legal representation and concerns over conduct by opposing parties. The court held that the transfer was warranted, determining that grounds