The petitioner Sudath Diyaguarachchci, a tuition teacher by profession stated that the concerned bill was presented to Parliament and placed on the Order Paper of Parliament on July 23, 2019.The Petitioner states that Clauses 2 and 3 of the Bill (and the entirety of the Bill) violate and are inconsistent with Articles 3, 4, 12(1), 12(2), 14(1)(g) and the Directive Principles of the Constitution.

The petitioner stated that several clauses impose an irrational and arbitrary discrimination between students belonging to different religions and communities. The clauses violate the right for education of the students and right of profession, vocation and employment of the tuition teachers or lecturers. The clauses include several acts which do not attract the necessity to employ the criminal law to condemn or prevent.

The petitioner stated that present day tuition classes have evolved into an established system of education that address not only to issues relating to achievement of academic goals but also to physiological development and the safety of students This special determination petition was filed through senior counsel Kanishka Vitharana and counsel H. M. Thillakarathne..