Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- The Supreme Court delivered a judgment overturning an order of the Commercial High Court, by which the Commercial High Court had dismissed an action at the pre-trial stage on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to establish the claim to satisfy the minimum monetary threshold of the Commercial High Court to hear a case.

The Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprised Justices Mahinda Samayawardhena, Dr. Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Gihan Kulatunga.

According to the order of the Commercial High Court which was challenged, the position taken up by the defendant that the plaintiff's claim had been artificially inflated to meet the jurisdictional threshold of the Commercial High Court was upheld by the Commercial ...