Legal work & press coverage
Selected constitutional proceedings, commercial disputes and reported counsel-team appearances.
Official determinations and contemporaneous newspaper reports provide a record of participation in legal proceedings. Each entry identifies the source, the recorded role and the stage of the matter.
11 records
Press report · 22 August 2025
Supreme Court · Fundamental rights petition
Reporting on a challenge to Cabinet decisions concerning the digital identity programme.
Recorded role: The Daily Mirror named Budwin as assisting Farman Cassim, PC, in the team expected to support the petition.
The report announces intended counsel involvement; it does not establish a subsequent appearance or outcome.
Read source · Daily Mirror ↗Press report · 2 June 2023
Supreme Court · Fundamental rights petition
Reporting on a petition seeking transparency in the proposed privatisation process.
Recorded role: Named in the team announced to support the Samagi Sewaka Sangamaya petition, led by Farman Cassim, PC.
Announced counsel involvement at the filing stage; no later hearing or result is asserted.
Read source · Daily Mirror ↗Official court record · 2022
Supreme Court · S.C. (SD) 59/2022
Constitutional examination of the proposed Bureau of Rehabilitation legislation.
Recorded role: Listed with Tharaka Nanayakkara as counsel for petitioner S. M. Marikkar.
Counsel listing: PDF page 2. The record spells the surname “Siriwardhena”.
Read source · Parliament of Sri Lanka · official determination ↗Press report · 29 November 2022
Commercial High Court
Reporting on an enjoining order concerning parate execution over a third-party mortgage.
Recorded role: Reported as part of the plaintiff’s counsel team with Farman Cassim, PC, Charaka Jayarantne and Vinura Kularatne.
The report concerns interim relief, not a final determination of the dispute.
Read source · Daily FT ↗Press report · 29 November 2022
Court of Appeal
A contemporaneous account of proceedings concerning eligibility to hold a parliamentary seat.
Recorded role: Reported as appearing with Farman Cassim, PC, for the Samagi Jana Balawegaya.
This entry records the reported appearance in November 2022, without attributing later decisions or outcomes.
Read source · Daily FT ↗Press report · 17 August 2022
Commercial High Court
Reporting on an application for interim restraint in a dispute concerning a publication’s name.
Recorded role: Reported as a member of the counsel team led by Farman Cassim, PC, for CEO Ltd.
The reported rejection concerned an interim application; it is not presented as the final resolution of the action.
Read source · Daily FT ↗Press report · 24 February 2022
Colombo District Court
Reporting on an enjoining order in commercial banking litigation.
Recorded role: Reported as part of the plaintiffs’ counsel team with Farman Cassim, PC, Charaka Jayartne and Mithun Imbulamure.
Contemporaneous reporting of interim relief; no final outcome is asserted.
Read source · Daily Mirror ↗Official court record · 2021
Supreme Court · S.C.S.D. 11/2021
Constitutional review of the proposed legislative framework for the Colombo Port City Economic Commission.
Recorded role: Listed with Farman Cassim, PC, Tharaka Nanayakkara, Mithun Imbulamure and Vinura Kularatne as counsel for petitioner Harshana Supun Rajakaruna.
Counsel listing: PDF page 3 of the consolidated determination.
Read source · Supreme Court of Sri Lanka · official determination ↗Press report · 1 May 2021
Supreme Court · Fundamental rights proceedings
Reporting on proceedings brought by employees concerning their employment at the State Engineering Corporation.
Recorded role: Reported as a member of the petitioners’ counsel team led by Farman Cassim, PC.
The report concerns leave to proceed and interim relief, rather than a final merits judgment.
Read source · Daily FT ↗Official court record · 2020
Supreme Court · S.C. (SD) 16/2020 and 19/2020
Constitutional examination of the proposed Twentieth Amendment.
Recorded role: Listed in counsel teams led by Farman Cassim, PC, for petitioners Thisath D. B. Wijegunawardana and Mayantha Yaswanth Dissanayake.
Counsel listings: printed page 90 (PDF page 97) of the official 2019–2020 digest. The listings use the spellings “Siriwardane” and “Siriwardana”.
Read source · Parliament of Sri Lanka · official determinations digest ↗Press report · 6 August 2020
Court of Appeal
Reporting on a land and ejectment dispute involving the tourism authority and property in Nilaveli.
Recorded role: Reported as appearing for the petitioner with Farman Cassim, PC, and Charaka Jayaratne.
The report concerns a stay order, not final adjudication of the dispute.
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Press reports are attributed to their publishers. Interim orders and announced appearances are identified as such. Counsel-team participation does not imply individual responsibility for a court’s decision.
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