Mohideen Natchiya v. Ismail Marikkar – sllr 1982 volume 2 page 714

In Natchiya (Appellant) v. Marikkar (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether Saturdays are to be excluded from or included in the fourteen-day period prescribed by Section 756(4) of the Civil Procedure Code for filing an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. It was determined that Saturdays are not public holidays under the statutory provisions considered and must therefore be included in the computation of the fourteen-day period. The principle reaffirmed is that non-working days for government offices do not equate to “public holidays” unless explicitly provided by statute. This decision relied upon an analysis of the Civil Procedure Code, Holidays Acts, Interpretation Ordinance, and the Fuel Conservation – Five Day Week Act, emphasizing that statutory defin