The Director General, Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption vs. Udupitiya Bandarage Roshan Indrajith Jayathilake – CPA/0133/2022-2024

In the case between the Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption and Udupitiya Bandarage Roshan Indrajith Jayathilake, the court examined whether a bribery or corruption investigation and subsequent indictment could validly proceed on the directive of a single Commissioner, or if all three Commissioners’ signatures were statutorily required. The validity of the High Court’s dismissal of the indictment, based solely on the absence of all three signatures, and the correct process for raising jurisdictional objections were also addressed. It was held that requiring all three Commissioners to initiate investigations would frustrate the statutory purpose of timely and effective corruption inquiries. Setting aside the High Court’s order, the court di