Jayawardene v. Puttalam Cement Company Limited – sllr 2005 volume 3 page 148

In the case between Jayawardene and Puttalam Cement Company Limited, the court addressed the issue of whether the Court of Appeal possessed jurisdiction to entertain a revision application concerning an industrial dispute when specific statutory provisions mandated appeal to the Supreme Court as the appropriate remedy. It was held that the revisionary jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal could not be invoked where the statute provided a distinct appellate procedure to the Supreme Court, reaffirming the principle that discretionary remedies are unavailable when a specific legal remedy is expressly prescribed by law. This decision relied on an analysis of the Industrial Disputes (Amendment) Act, the High Court of the Provinces (Special Provisions) Act, and relevant constitutional articles, em