Somasunderam Vanniasingham v. Forbes and Another – sllr 1993 volume 2 page 362

In Somasunderam Vanniasingham v. Forbes and Another, the Court addressed whether a party to an arbitration award under the Industrial Disputes Act must exhaust the alternative administrative remedy of repudiation under Section 20(1) before seeking relief by way of writ of certiorari. It was held that no legal rule requires exhaustion of such remedies prior to judicial review, especially where the challenge concerns error or illegality apparent on the face of the record. The decision reaffirmed that the statutory right of repudiation does not displace the supervisory jurisdiction of the courts over tribunals or quasi-judicial bodies. This approach reflects established legal principles distinguishing administrative appeals from judicial oversight, drawing on relevant precedents including Obe