Cases
Tennekoon v Tennekoon (1986) (1) Sri LR 90 (Divorce and Judicial Separation under General Law).
Muslim Law and Bigamy and Convert’s Polygamous Marriage
• Attorney General v Reid (1964) 67 NLR 25, overruled in Abeysundere v Abeysundere (1998) 1 Sri LR
189 (convert’s polygamous marriage not legal)
(iii) Ragging in Educational Institutions and Psychological Abuse
Legislation
Ragging Act 1998 S.17 defines ragging broadly to include physical harm and psychological harm
(iv) Emotional Abuse of Adult Women
Legislation
• Ragging Act (1998) S.17
• Penal Code Amendment Act (2006) defining “injury” for award of compensation for these offences
in Penal Code (S. 308A cruelty to children S 345 sexual harassment S.364 punishment for rape
S.365 homosexuality S.365B. grave sexual abuse).
(v) Defences to Fatal and Non-Fatal Physical Violence
• Samitamby v Queen (1971) 75 NLR 49
• Premalal v Attorney General (2000) 2SriLR 403 (Kelaniya Student murder case).
Literature
• S.Gomez and M. Gomez, Sri Lanka: The Law’s Response to Women Victims of Violence in
S.Goonesekere ed. Violence Law and Women’s Rights in South Asia cited earlier p 207 especially at
p. 223
(vi) Civil Wrongs
Literature
• For some civil wrongs which are relevant to GBV, S. Goonesekere and C Gunaratna Women Sexual
Violence and the Legal Process in Sri Lanka. CENWOR 1998 p. 41.
• For Roman Dutch Law on Civil Injuries J.Burchell. Principles of DelictJuta& Co. 1993
(vii) Abduction. Wrongful Arrest and Detention
Literature on Fundamental Rights Article 13
• S. Sharvananda Fundamental Rights in Sri Lanka, Arnolds Press Colombo 1993 Ch-X
• RKW Goonesekere Fundamental Rights and the Constitution. Law and Society Trust (2003) p 200
Constitution Article 13
Case Law
• Faiz Mohamed v Attorney General 1993 1 SriLR 372 (Fundamental rights and state inaction)
• Leela Violet and Others v IGP, CA 2.12 1994 (Habeas Corpus)
• Re Sharmila Begum 1989 2 SriLR 239 (Muslim Parents restraining married daughter or
abducting her)
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