Laksiri vs Officer in Charge Anti Vice Squad and Another – sllr 2012 volume 1 page 131

In the case between LAKSIRI (Appellant) and the Officer in Charge Anti-Vice Squad and Another (Respondents), the court addressed whether the Court of Appeal holds jurisdiction to consider a revision application under the High Court of the Province (Special Provisions) Act No. 19 of 1990, given that Section 9 grants the Supreme Court an exclusive right of appeal on questions of law. The holding established that the exclusive appellate remedy to the Supreme Court on questions of law precludes the Court of Appeal’s intervention via revision, even in matters involving substantive legal questions. The principle reaffirmed is that statutory exclusivity within appellate structures must prevail over general supervisory or revisionary powers of other courts. This position was grounded in the interp