Kamani Madhya Jinadasa vs SriLankan Airlines Limited et al. – SC FR APPLICATION NO. 434/2016-2018

In the case between Citizen X (petitioner) and SriLankan Airlines Limited, its medical officer, and associated parties (respondents), the primary legal issue concerned whether the withdrawal of a contractual employment offer, following the identification of a false declaration regarding HIV status in a medical form, constituted a violation of constitutional rights under Articles 12(1) (right to equality) and 14(1)(g) (right to engage in lawful occupation, profession, trade, business or enterprise). It was held that such withdrawal, based on a justified medical test prompted by the petitioner’s false representation, did not amount to wrongful discrimination or a breach of fundamental rights. The decision reaffirmed the principle that actions taken on the basis of objectively justified emplo