Hewawasam Thuduwawaththage Susil Priyashantha vs. Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Ahangama – CA CPA/116/22-2022

In Officer-in-Charge, Police Station, Ahangama v. Hewawasam Jayakodige Priyantha, Thumbe Gamage Deepa Priyani, Olexander Kobet, and Roman Kusumenko, the court addressed whether an individual (Loza Hanna Volodymyrivna) who was not a party to the prior Magistrate’s Court or High Court proceedings but subsequently obtained a Power of Attorney, possessed legal standing to invoke revisionary jurisdiction against those courts’ orders. It was held that absence as a party in the original proceedings and subsequent acquisition of a Power of Attorney—particularly on the basis of a scanned copy—did not confer locus standi to seek such revision. The court reaffirmed that legal standing in applications for revision is restricted to those directly participating in the original dispute, referencing princ