Kasthuriarachchi vs. Sri Lanka Medical Council and Another – sllr 2020 volume 1 page 272

In Kasturiarachchi v. Sri Lanka Medical Council and Another, the court addressed the issue of whether the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) could lawfully impose additional pre-entry qualifications on foreign medical graduates seeking provisional registration to sit for the Examination for Registration to Practice Medicine (ERPM). It was held that the SLMC’s imposition of such qualifications exceeded its statutory authority under section 29(2) of the Medical Ordinance and infringed the petitioner’s constitutional rights under Articles 12(1) and 14(1)(g). The judgment reaffirmed the principle that statutory bodies must act within the four corners of their enabling statutes and may not impose requirements not prescribed by law. Reliance was placed on statutory interpretation and legal precede