Assistant Commissioner of Labour, (Colombo West), Labour Department, Colombo 05. v. Jathika Yudha Wirodee Peramuna, et al. – CA PHC/APN/123/2019-2019

In the case between the Assistant Commissioner of Labour (Colombo West), Labour Department, and Prayathna Janatha Wayaparaya (Prayathna People’s Movement), along with its Directors and related entities, the court addressed whether the correct employer liable for compensation under a Labour Tribunal award was properly identified, and whether a delay in revision should preclude relief. It was held that Prayathna Janatha Wayaparaya was the employer obligated to pay compensation, and that procedural delays occasioned by efforts to establish employer identity constituted sufficient justification for invoking revisionary jurisdiction after the period for appeal had lapsed. The holding reaffirmed that substantive justice should not be defeated by technicalities, relying on established case law re