Yajanthiran Vinifreeda Prebha vs Vettivelu Yajanthiran – CA PHC APN 119/2015-2016

In the case between Yajanthiran Vinifreeda Prebha (nee Amalathasan Vinifreeda Prebha) and Vettivelu Yajanthiran, the court examined the maintainability of a revision application against an order of the High Court of Colombo relating to maintenance payments. The central issues included whether exceptional circumstances justified invoking revisionary jurisdiction despite the availability of alternate remedies and whether set-off of past interim maintenance payments against future maintenance obligations was proper. The findings established that exceptional circumstances were adequately pleaded by the Applicant, due to the impracticality and unfairness resulting from the High Court’s order. The legal principle reaffirmed that revisionary intervention is permissible even where an appeal exists