Ajith Dissanayake vs Sri Lanka Savings Bank Limited – SC REVISION 10/2016-2016

In the case between Sri Lanka Savings Bank Limited and De Croos Associates Limited, Trehan Emmanuel Kumar De Croos, and others, the Supreme Court was tasked with determining whether it possessed revisionary jurisdiction to review a Commercial High Court order denying the recovery of professional fees claimed by a court-appointed valuer and auctioneer. The dispute followed mortgage bond enforcement proceedings and a sale of mortgaged property, after which the petitioner sought compensation for a valuation report provided in the case. The key issue focused on the interpretation of Articles 127 and 128 of the Constitution as well as applicable statutory provisions relating to appellate and revisionary powers. The primary holding established that the Supreme Court does not have such revisionar