Basnayaka Mudiyanselage Madduma Bandara v. Justice N.E. Dissanayake et al – CA-WRIT – 161/2020-2020

In the case between Basnayaka Mudiyanselage Madduma Bandara (Plaintiff) and various respondents including the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the National Police Commission (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether the Court of Appeal’s jurisdiction under Article 140 extends to reviewing decisions made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in the presence of a constitutional ouster clause. It was held that while such tribunal decisions are typically insulated from judicial review, exceptions exist where statutory interpretation or procedural irregularity is established; in the present case, however, the necessary criteria were not met by the petitioner. The court reaffirmed the principle that judicial review can address illegality, irrationality, and procedural impropriet