Sri Lankan Supreme Court on January 2017 – selected text from "http://supremecourt.lk" A Fundamental Rights (1) Fundamental Right – directive principles - its effect on Fundamental Right chapter “The Fundamental Rights referred to in Chapter III of our Constitution should be interpreted in the light of the Directive Principles of State Policy and the fundamental duties referred to in Article 28. By defining the constitutional goals, the Directive Principles and fundamental duties set forth the standards or norms of reasonableness which must guide and animate governmental action. If no one can maintain an action for redress of a public wrong or public injury, it would be disastrous to the rule of law for it would be open to the State or a public authority to act with impunity beyond the scope of its power or in breach of a public duty owed by it. The strict rule of standing which insists that only a person who had suffered a sp
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