Hikkadu Koralalage Don Chandrasoma vs Mawai S. Senathirajah – SC SPL 03/2014-2014

In the case between Hikkadu Koralalage Don Chandrasoma (Plaintiff) and Mawai S. Senathirajah, K. Thurairasasingham, Mahinda Deshapriya, and the Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed whether the Illankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) was advocating the establishment of a separate state within Sri Lanka or was instead seeking a federal arrangement within a united Sri Lanka. It was held that ITAK’s actions constituted advocacy for a federal form of government within a single, united Sri Lanka, not separatism. This holding reaffirmed the principle that advocating federal structures does not, in itself, amount to advocating secession or separatism under Article 157A(4) of the Constitution. The decision relied on the interpretation of constitutional provisions and relevant case prece