Ranasinghe and Another vs Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd and Others – sllr 2019 volume 3 page 184

In the case between Ranasinghe and Another and Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd and Others, the court addressed whether an application alleging infringement of fundamental rights, specifically regarding failure to grant promotion, was time barred under Articles 17 and 126 of the Constitution. It was held that a petitioner’s complaint made within the one-month period to the Human Rights Commission effectively suspends the limitation period under Section 13(1) of the Human Rights Commission Act, No. 21 of 1996. The findings established that the application was not out of time, as the petitioners had filed their complaint promptly and the delay was attributable to the pendency of proceedings before the Human Rights Commission. The court reaffirmed that statutory limitation periods may b