It is for the Parliament of this country to offer good, benevolent and just laws for the people. He was speaking at a ceremonial sitting of the Supreme Court, presided over by Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva. Attorney General, K.C. Kamalasabayson and President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Mr. Upali Gooneratne, made welcome addresses earlier. Justice Hector S. Yapa was recently appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. One unhappy feature in the history of mankind is the presence of disputes.
Disputes take varoius forms and proportions ranging from personal to even international disputes.
However, man in his wisdom has devised many ways to resolve such disputes in a peaceful and orderly manner using methods such as negotiation, mediation arbitration and adjudication. Adjudication by courts of law appears to be the widely used method of dispute resolution in our country. Our courts, following the English tradition, adhere to the adversary system. Although the method of adjudication is expensive and time consuming, we have to continue with it, since it is still one of the best methods of resolving many disputes ensuring confidence and acceptance among the litigants. One great quality of the system of adjudication is the need to hear the parties.