Kumaranatunga v. Samarasighe, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Others – sllr 1983 volume 2 page 063

In the case between Vijaya Kumaranatunga (petitioner) and G.V.P. Samarasinghe (Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence), the Inspector General of Police, and other responsible authorities (respondents), the court addressed the constitutionality of detention orders made under Emergency Regulations. The central issue was whether such orders infringed on fundamental rights, particularly the freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention as provided by Article 13 of the Constitution. After analysing the nature of preventive detention, statutory powers granted during a state of emergency, and associated procedural safeguards, the court held that the impugned detention orders, while affected by certain procedural shortcomings, were legally valid within the discretionary powers permitted under eme