Hee Jung Kim Alias Kim Hee Jung and Some Rupali Jayasinghe v. Don Bandumali Jayasinghe – SC CONTEMPT NO. 03/16-2021

In the case between Hee Jung Kim (alias Kim Hee Jung) and Some Rupali Jayasinghe (Petitioners) and Don Bandumali Jayasinghe (née Welikala) (Respondent), the Supreme Court addressed whether the respondent’s false representations in judicial proceedings, specifically regarding her purported lack of involvement in a divorce matter and the actions of Attorney Niduk Perera, constituted contempt of court under Article 105(3) of the Constitution. It was determined that willful misrepresentation of material facts before the court amounts to interference with the administration of justice. The findings established that the respondent knowingly misled the court and attempted to undermine judicial proceedings. The court reaffirmed the legal principle that deliberate falsehoods and deceitful conduct d