Aththanayake Mudiyanselage Kelum Aththanayake vs. H. W. S. Udayakumara Officer in Charge, Police Station, Kotadeniyawa – SC FR 412/2015-2024

In the case between Aththanayake Mudiyanselage Kelum Aththanayake (Petitioner) and police officials including H. W. S. Udayakumara, Jayantha Athukorala, D. U. Lasantha Rathnayake, B. R. S. R. Nagahamulla, N. K. Illangakoon, and the Attorney General (Respondents), the court addressed whether a petition alleging violations of fundamental rights under Articles 11, 12(1), and 13 of the Constitution was instituted within the mandatory one-month time period set by Article 126(2) of the Constitution. The holding determined that the application was not filed within the prescribed time limit, and that the evidence concerning a prior complaint to the Human Rights Commission did not suffice to extend or suspend the limitation. The petition was dismissed without costs, reaffirming the principle that s