Piyadasa v. Sri Jayawardenapura Multi Purpose Co Operative Society Ltd. – sllr 2002 volume 3 page 294

In the case between Piyadasa and Sri Jayawardenapura Multi-Purpose Co-operative Society Ltd., the court addressed whether additional hearing or representation was required under sections 58(4) and 59(1) of the Co-operative Societies Law, No. 5 of 1972, and if a written, rather than oral, hearing sufficed. The primary holding affirmed that the statutory scheme expressly excludes an additional right of representation, finding that all necessary matters were duly considered and the right to be heard was not denied. The judgment also clarified that enforcement of an arbitrator’s award could be effected only against the designated “defaulter” and could not be imposed upon the widow or heirs of a deceased party, as they do not fall under the operative statutory definition. The relevant legal rea