Duro Pipe (Private) Ltd. v. Hettige Pradeep Silva and 38 others – CA PHC/91/2015-2016

In the case between Duro Pipe (Private) Ltd. and Hettige Pradeep Silva and others, the court addressed the issue of whether the Court of Appeal has jurisdiction to entertain an appeal from an order of a Provincial High Court, rendered in its appellate jurisdiction concerning Labour Tribunal determinations. It was held that appeals from such Provincial High Court orders lie exclusively to the Supreme Court upon leave being granted, and not to the Court of Appeal, reaffirming the principle that the appellate pathway for Labour Tribunal matters involving Provincial High Courts is prescribed by statute and constitutional provisions. This decision relied upon Article 154P of the Constitution, the High Court of Provinces (Special Provisions) Act No. 19 of 1990, and precedent such as Sunil Jayawa