Thilagatnam v. Edirisinghe, E.A.P. – sllr 1982 volume 1 page 056

In the case between the Petitioner (original defendant, drawer of the cheque) and the Respondent (original plaintiff, payee and claimant), the court addressed the issue of whether applications for leave to appeal and revision against an interlocutory order requiring the deposit of security in a cheque action were maintainable, given procedural delays and alleged defects relating to the cheque. It was determined that the applications were not filed within the prescribed time, and no exceptional circumstances were established to justify the exercise of the Court of Appeal’s revisionary jurisdiction. The principle reaffirmed was that revisionary powers under section 759(2) of the Civil Procedure Code are to be exercised only in exceptional situations where a manifest miscarriage of justice wo