Singappuli Arachchilage Rumesh Sameera Dasanayake alias Gaminige Kolla v. The Honourable Attorney General – SC SPL.LA.125/2014-2018

In the case between the Honourable Attorney General and the Attorney General’s Department, Colombo – 12 (Complainant/Respondent) and Singappuli Arachchilage Rumesh (also known as Sameera Dasanayake alias Gaminige Kolla), Baduwala Wahumpurage Podinona, and Kalanchidevage Suresh Nandana (Accused-Appellant-Petitioners), the court addressed the procedural issue of whether petitions for Special Leave to Appeal complied with Supreme Court Rules, particularly Rule 3 and Rule 6 concerning the necessity for a plain and concise statement of facts. The core holding established that substantial rather than strict compliance with procedural requirements is sufficient when a full case record is provided, reaffirming the principle that judicial discretion should be exercised to allow applications to proc