Maduri Chaintha WIthanagama and others Vs. The Incorporated Council of Legal Education and others – SC APPEAL 163/2015-2015

In the case between the Petitioners (a group of candidates who applied for admission to the Sri Lanka Law College for the 2014 academic year, including several named individuals) and the Incorporated Council of Legal Education, Sri Lanka Law College, the Minister of Justice, and other state agencies, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of whether restricting the student intake to 177 by setting a cut-off mark of 66, as opposed to the prior practice of admitting up to 225 students, violated the legitimate expectation of the Petitioners. It was held that the decision regarding intake numbers and cut-off marks falls within the lawful discretion of the Respondents under Rule 23 (2) (VII) of the Council of Legal Education Ordinance. The findings established that there was no binding or consis