M. I. M. Iynullah vs C. D. Wickramaratne, Inspector General of Police – SC FR 87/2021-2025

In the case between the Petitioners (including M. I. M. Iyunullah, a Police Sergeant of the Police Narcotics Bureau, and his wife) and the Respondents (including C. D. Wickramaratne, Inspector General of Police, other police officials, and the Attorney General), the court examined the lawfulness of the arrest and detention of the second petitioner under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). It was held that the evidence supported both the necessity of the arrest and the subsequent issuance of detention orders, and that the procedures set out in the PTA were complied with. The court reaffirmed the legal principle that statutory requirements under the PTA, due to their wider scope and lower threshold for arrest and detention based on reasonable suspicion, take precedence over general provis