Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption v. Weerasekera Arachchilage Lalith Kumara – LTA/06/16-2022

In Director General, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption v. Weerasekera Arachchilage Lalith Kumara, the court addressed the lawfulness of instituting criminal proceedings under High Court Case No. B 1392/02, specifically evaluating whether a valid prosecutorial direction required by Section 11 of the CIABOC Act No. 19 of 1994 was properly executed with the signatures of all commissioners. The central issue also included whether the Court of Appeal possessed jurisdiction to resolve objections regarding the validity of such directions, or whether exclusive jurisdiction rested with the Supreme Court per Section 24 of the CIABOC Act and Article 140 of the Constitution. It was held that consideration of the validity of a direction under Section 11 constitutes a matter