Piyasena Silva v. Ceylon Fisheries Corporation – sllr 1994 volume 2 page 292

In the case between Piyasena Silva and Ceylon Fisheries Corporation, the court addressed the issue of whether a domestic inquiry or charge sheet is necessary prior to the dismissal of an employee for unauthorised removal of cheques and assessed the proper evaluation of evidence in such employment matters. It was held that dismissal under these circumstances did not require a charge sheet or domestic inquiry, reaffirming the principle that procedural fairness in employment terminations does not by itself mandate a domestic inquiry unless stipulated by statute or employment contract. This decision relied on local statutory provisions and established labor law principles, reinforcing that a Labour Tribunal’s decision—if rendered after a just assessment of evidence on a balance of probabilitie