Palitha vs. Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and Another – sllr 2012 volume 1 page 199

In the case between Palitha (Plaintiff) and the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and another (Defendants), the court addressed the applicability of Rule 3 of the Court of Appeal Rules (1990) to leave to appeal applications, specifically regarding the need for a petition to aver that the Court’s jurisdiction had not been previously invoked. It was held that Rule 3 (1) and (2) do not extend to leave to appeal applications, which are distinct from revision applications and governed by the Civil Procedure Code. This decision reaffirmed the principle that procedural requirements for appeals must be strictly interpreted in accordance with their statutory context. Previous decisions, including CALA 193/2005 and the Celltel case, were analyzed and distinguished, leading to a rectifi