Subasinghe vs. University of Peradeniya and Others – sllr 2020 volume 3 page 093

The case between Subasinghe (Senior Lecturer, University of Peradeniya) and the University of Peradeniya (including its Council, the University Services Appeals Board, and the Vice Chancellor) addressed whether the appointment of examiners and subsequent standardisation of marks in a university examination were ultra vires, and whether disciplinary and appellate procedures were conducted in accordance with the Universities Act. It was determined that the examiner appointments and mark standardisation were procedurally flawed and not authorised by the Senate, rendering them ultra vires, and that disciplinary findings by the University Council and subsequent affirmations by the Appeals Board, based on those acts, were void. The decision reaffirmed the principle that acts carried out without