The Director General, Commission to Investigate Allegation of Bribery or Corruption vs. Ranaweera Wanasinghe Wanninayake Herath Mudiyanselage Gamini Wanasinghe – CA CPA/0136/22-2024

In the case between the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (Plaintiff-Petitioner) and Ranaweera Wanasinghe Wanninayake Herath Mudiyanselage Gamini Wanasinghe (Accused-Respondent), the court addressed the issue of jurisdictional validity concerning orders of the High Court, specifically regarding whether procedural missteps constituted a patent or latent lack of jurisdiction. The court held that the procedural defect did not amount to a patent lack of jurisdiction and that modifying a final order, except for clerical corrections, was improper. The key legal principle reaffirmed is that once a final judicial order has been delivered, it should not be revisited except to correct clerical errors, and substantive changes undermine finality and