Jayantha Jayasuriya, PC, CJ.

The Respondent-Petitioner-Appellant - Ceylon Electricity Board - (hereinafter referred to as the “Appellant” or “CEB”) impugns the Judgement of the High Court dated 19.06.2020. The impugned Judgement arises from two applications filed in the High Court, one by the Appellant and the other by the Claimant-Respondent-Respondent - Heladhanavi Limited - (hereinafter referred to as the “Respondent” or “the company”). Both those applications had been filed in the High Court in relation to an arbitral award dated 29^th October 2013. The Respondent had invoked the jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 31 of the Arbitration Act No. 11 of 1995 (“the Act”) to enforce the said arbitral award whilst the Appellant had invoked the jurisdiction of the High Court under Section 32 of the Act to set aside the said arbitral order. Both those applications were consolidated and a single Judgement was delivered by the High Court. The Appellant sought an order to set aside the arbitral award on the ground that the “arbitral award is in conflict with the public policy of Sri Lanka” in terms of Section 32(1)(b)(ii) of the Act. The learned Judge of the High Court, while rejec