Siriwardena and Others vs. Liyanage and Others – sllr 1983 volume 2 page 164

Brief
In the case between Siriwardena and Others (including the editor, publisher, and proprietors of the “Aththa” newspaper and “Mahajana Press”) and Don John Francis Douglas Liyanage (Competent Authority under Emergency Regulations) with other State officials, the Supreme Court considered whether orders made under Emergency Regulation 14(3) to prohibit the printing/publication of the “Aththa” newspaper and to seal the “Mahajana Press” infringed the fundamental rights to freedom of speech, expression, and engagement in lawful occupation as protected by the Constitution. The central legal questions focused on the permissibility of such executive actions amidst a state of emergency, the justiciability of subjective executive determinations, and the reach of judicial review in light of “fina