Dayananda vs Weerasinghe and Others – sllr 1983 volume 2 page 084

In the case between Dayananda (Petitioner) and Weerasinghe, the Attorney General, and others (Respondents), the Supreme Court considered whether a judicial remand order—allegedly induced by false and malicious police reports—fell within the ambit of special jurisdiction under Article 126 of the Constitution concerning the infringement of fundamental rights. The Court held that an order of remand made by a Magistrate in the exercise of judicial discretion does not attract the Supreme Court’s special jurisdiction under Article 126, even if such discretion has been exercised based on false reports. The decision reaffirmed the principle that the appropriate remedy for grievances relating to judicial discretion resides in appellate or revisionary proceedings, not direct recourse to fundamental