Kotagala Plantations Ltd., and Another v. Ceylon Planters Society – sllr 2010 volume 2 page 299

In the case between the workman (Applicant-Appellant-Respondent) and Kotagala Plantations Ltd., Ceylon Planters Society, and others (Respondent-Respondent-Appellants), the court addressed whether the termination of the workman was justified on grounds of misconduct and inefficiency. It was held that appellate courts should not interfere with the Labour Tribunal’s findings of primary fact unless such findings are clearly perverse or not supported by evidence. The Supreme Court set aside the High Court’s judgment and reinstated the Labour Tribunal’s order, reaffirming that misconduct precludes a claim for compensation due to loss of employment. The decision relied on principles under the Industrial Disputes Act and emphasized judicial restraint in reappraising factual determinations by speci