Jayasinghe v. The National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering (Nifne) and Others – sllr 2004 volume 1 page 230

In the case between Jayasinghe (Plaintiff) and The National Institute of Fisheries and Nautical Engineering (NIFNE) and others (Defendants), the court addressed compliance with Rule 44(1)(a) of the Supreme Court Rules concerning the requirement for a plain and concise statement of the facts and relevant legal issues in fundamental rights petitions. It was determined that the inclusion of prolix, irrelevant, and defamatory content in a petition seeking a public law remedy constituted non-compliance with mandatory procedural requirements. The court reaffirmed that pleadings must be strictly limited to matters necessary to establish the alleged infringement of fundamental rights, disallowing unnecessary narrative or slanderous content, pursuant to Supreme Court procedural rules and the Civil