Amarasinghe V Azath Sally and Others – sllr 2004 volume 2 page 159

The case between the petitioner (a voter and candidate for the Colombo Municipal Council) and the first respondent (an elected member and Deputy Mayor of Colombo), along with other parties, addressed whether the introduction of Act No. 1 of 2002—providing a statutory election petition remedy—precludes or restricts the invocation of the Court of Appeal’s writ jurisdiction under Article 140 of the Constitution, particularly through a writ of quo warranto. It was determined that the new statutory remedy does not exclude the constitutional writ jurisdiction. The sequence of events included preliminary objections concerning the appropriateness of the parties joined, alleged delay, and acquiescence by the petitioner, and the availability of alternative remedies; all were overruled. The holding r