Sri Lanka, Oct. 26 -- The Supreme Court delivered a decisive judgment regarding the jurisdiction of the Commercial High Court to hear cases.

The Supreme Court issued this order invalidating a case that had been dismissed by the Commercial High Court at the pre-trial stage on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

A three-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Mahinda Samayawardhena, Dr Sobhitha Rajakaruna, and Gihan Kulatunga delivered the judgment.

In this case filed by Kish International Private Limited, the defense initially alleged that the plaintiff's claim had been artificially inflated to meet the minimum financial threshold required to institute action in the Commercial High Court.

Furthermore, the defense argued the financial th...