Welisarage Laksman Nishantha Fernando vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA/MC./RE APPLICATION NO. 04/2017-2018

In the case between Welisarage Laksman Nishantha Fernando (Petitioner) and the Hon. Attorney General, the Commissioner General of Prisons, and the Superintendent, Welikada Prison (Respondents), the court addressed the issue of whether convictions and sentences imposed for both robbery and dealing in stolen property in a single case were legally permissible, and whether the Court of Appeal’s revision jurisdiction could be invoked after dismissal of earlier revision applications. The court held that the sentences were lawful and the petitioner could not seek further revision, reaffirming the principle that once revisionary jurisdiction has been exercised and remedies exhausted in the High Court, further recourse to the Court of Appeal is not permissible unless exceptional reasons are provide