Dr. Kirushnar Suppaiah v. Sri Lanka Medical Council – sllr 2006 volume 2 page 330

The case between Dr. Kirushnar Suppaiah and the Sri Lanka Medical Council addressed the issue of the petitioner’s entitlement to registration as a Medical Practitioner under section 20(1)(a) of the Medical Ordinance versus registration as a person entitled to practice Medicine and Surgery under section 41. It was held that the petitioner was not registered under section 20(1)(a) but under section 41, and thus his name was correctly excluded from the Medical Practitioners Register maintained under the former provision. The judgment reaffirmed the principle that distinct registers exist for Medical Practitioners and for others entitled to practice, with separate statutory obligations for maintenance and publication. The decision relied on statutory interpretation of the Medical Ordinance and