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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA
K.M.G.H. KULATUNGA, J
Razik Rafeekdeen – Appellant
Versus
The Incorporated Council of Legal Education and four others – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's application for admission reviewed. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. criminal conviction relevant for admission assessment. (Para 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 3. council's deliberation on applied criteria for admission. (Para 10 , 11) |
| 4. denial of hearing examined under natural justice. (Para 12 , 14) |
| 5. rejection based on prior conduct viewed as reasonable. (Para 17 , 18) |
JUDGEMENT
K.M.G.H. KULATUNGA, J.
1. The petitioner, an LL.B. graduate from the Buckinghamshire New University, has submitted an application to be admitted to the Sri Lanka Law College. The said application is marked P-15 and P-18. The same had been rejected by the Incorporated Council of Legal Education, the 1st respondent, and the 2nd respondent, the Principal of the Sri Lanka Law College conveyed the same by email dated 26.09.2024 (vide P-17). The petitioner, by prayer (c), is seeking a writ of certiorari to quash the said decision; by prayer (e), is seeking a writ of mandamus directing the 1st and/or the 2nd respondent to approve the petitioner’s application for admission as an Attorney-at-Law student and by prayer (f) is seeking a mandamus directing the 1st and/or 2nd respondent to afford an opportunity to the petition
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