Sri Lanka Ports Authority and Another v. Jugolinija-Boal East – sllr 1981 volume 1 page 018

In the case of Sri Lanka Ports Authority and Another v. Jugolinija – Boal East, the court considered whether the Port (Cargo) Corporation functioned as a common carrier with contractual obligations to ensure the safekeeping and onward transhipment of cargo, the extent and applicability of section 79 immunity under the Port (Cargo) Corporation Act, and the role of negligence or wrongful conduct attributed to the Corporation’s employees in the alleged short loading of cargo. The court found that the Corporation, by advertising its services and imposing charges, undertook the duties of a common carrier and that a plea of statutory immunity without a specific pleading of negligence was insufficient to exempt liability. The appeal was dismissed, reaffirming the principle that statutory immunity