Jayawardena v. Akmeemana Pradeshiya Sabha and Others País/Territorio Sri Lanka Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Sep 24, 1997 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal Supreme Court Sede de la corte Colombo Juez Amerasinghe, Wijetunge, Gunawardena Número de referencia [1997] LKSC 26 Idioma Inglés Materia Cuestiones jurídicas Palabra clave Normas sobre ruido Derecho constitutional Emisiones acústicas Contaminación acústica Ruido de las aeronaves Ruido de vehículos Resumen In this case, the plaintiff challenged the decision of the Central Environmental Authority to withdraw its environmental licence which had been delivered for the construction of a metal crusher.The plaintiff pointed out that he had received the licences from both the Central Environmental Authority and from the Pradeshiya Sabha and that he had started the building operation when the Central Environmental Authority withdrew its licence. The plaintiff argued that the decision to withdraw the licence was arbitrary and constituted a violation of his entrepreneurial freedom as provided by Article 14(1) of the Constitution.The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal as they pointed out that the plaintiff had not received the trade licence which would have allowed him to start his activity and that he did not respect the recommendations of the Central Environmental Authority aimed at preventing noise and dust pollution arising from his metal crushing site. Texto completo Jayawardena v. Akmeemana Pradeshiya Sabha and Others.pdf 26.html