Sunny Rohana Kodithuwakku vs Election Commission et al. – CA WRT/0237/2020-2023

In the case between Sunny Rohana Kodithuwakku and the Election Commission of Sri Lanka (including Mahinda Deshapriya, N. J. Abeyesekere, S. Rajnajeevan H. Hoole among others), the court addressed whether the Court of Appeal possessed jurisdiction to entertain an application challenging the correctness of the preferential vote count in a parliamentary election. It was held that the writ jurisdiction concerning the declaration of election results is vested exclusively in the Supreme Court, not the Court of Appeal. This holding reaffirmed the principle that the remedies available under Articles 140 and 144 of the Constitution are distinct, and election-related challenges to official acts or omissions must be brought under Article 144 before the Supreme Court. The decision relied on the interp