Dr. Karunaratne v. Attorney General and Another – sllr 1995 volume 2 page 298

In the case between Dr. Karunaratne (Plaintiff) and the Attorney General and Another (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of whether the conduct of the trial judge, particularly in light of an affidavit filed by counsel in a separate transfer application, established grounds for judicial bias. It was held that neither a real likelihood nor a reasonable suspicion of bias was established on the available evidence, and the application for transfer of trial was dismissed. The decision reaffirmed the principle that allegations of judicial bias must meet a stringent evidentiary standard, applying the tests of real likelihood and reasonable suspicion of bias. This approach relied on established case law, including precedents articulated by G. P. S. De Silva, J., Blackburn, J., and Lord Hew