Saravanapavan v. Kandasamydurai – sllr 1984 volume 1 page 268

In the case between SARAVANAPAVAN (Plaintiff) and KANDASAMYDURAI (Defendant), the court addressed the validity of a Leave to Appeal application filed under sections 754(2) and 756(2) of the Civil Procedure Code when the proxy is executed by an attorney-at-law who is not the registered attorney from the lower court proceedings. It was held that the established practice (cursus curiae) permits a different attorney to file a proxy in such applications, as the application for Leave to Appeal, though related to original proceedings, originates in the Court of Appeal. The court relied on statutory interpretation and relevant precedents (including Gunasekera v. de Zoysa and Bank of Ceylon v. Ramasamy), reaffirming that technical objections to the change of attorney do not warrant invalidation of