Kuda Banda Dunuwila v. Menikrama Mudalige Sriya Malani Piyadasa – SC SPL. L.A 127/2015-2016

In the case between Kuda Banda Dunuwila (Plaintiff) and Menikrama Mudalige Sriya Malani Piyadasa (Defendant), the court addressed the issue of whether a Special Leave to Appeal application was compliant with Supreme Court Rules, specifically regarding the requirement that such applications must be properly supported by an affidavit containing verifiable factual detail. It was held that the application failed to satisfy the mandatory requirements under Rules 2 and 6 of the Supreme Court Rules, as the affidavit merely affirmed the averments in the petition without sufficient factual material. The court, reaffirming the principle that affidavits supporting applications must go beyond general affirmations to establish the necessary evidentiary value, dismissed the Special Leave to Appeal appli