Nagananda Kodituwakku vs Director General of Customs – CA WRIT 315/2018-2025

In the case between Nagananda Kodituwakku and the Director General of Customs, Sudath J de Silva, KH P Kumarasiri, and Sena Mills Refineries Pvt Ltd, the court addressed whether the petitioner retained standing to bring public interest litigation given a prior Supreme Court determination restraining such actions due to professional misconduct. The court held that the petitioner was barred from instituting the action, affirming that adherence to Supreme Court directives supersedes subsequent applications by the affected party. Relying on the Supreme Court’s determination in SC Rule 03/2017 and Article 140 of the Constitution, it was emphasized that any attempt to proceed would effectively undermine the Supreme Court’s order and contravene the established principle of judicial hierarchy and