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The Supreme Court would consider four petitions against the Judicature Bill tomorrow under a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Priyasath Dep.

Sri Lanka Bar Association, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s Chairman Prof. G. L. Peiris, National University Teachers’ Association Secretary Prof. Channa Jayasumana and Mahajana Eksath Peramuna leader Dinesh Gunawardane have petitioned the Supreme Court.

Prof.Peiris yesterday said the purpose of this Bill was to set up a special high court at bar permanently, with only the Attorney General and the Director General - Bribery to decide on the cases to be heard in it.

He said he decided to petition the Supreme Court along with others.

The leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna filed a Petition that certain clauses of this Bill violate the provisions of the Constitution, alleging that the said Bill shall vest the 'executive' with arbitrary powers to decide as to whom to be tried before the proposed High Court and thereby deprive the citizens of equal application of the Criminal Procedure.

The petitioner further states that the judicial functions would be removed from the judiciary and entrusted with the ‘executive’, amounting to the breach of the fundamental principle of separation of powers.

He also states it indirectly empowers the Attorney General and the Director General of the Bribery Commission to use the findings of the investigations carried out by purported ad hoc units of the police such as the Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID), takes away the right of an accused to be represented by a Counsel of his choice and also seeks to take away the right of Attorneys-at-Law to engage in their professional practice. (Kelum Bandara and S.S. Selvanayagam)


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  • Dillan Thursday, 15 March 2018 08:05 AM

    The police officer who arrested the politician giving bribe has been transferred by police department . Please ask

    Man Thursday, 15 March 2018 08:39 AM

    SL should adopt the legal system applied on Sarath Fonseka rather than courts, as Rajapaksha clan will also like?

    johan Thursday, 15 March 2018 08:44 AM

    The purpose of setting up a special high court is to finish the pending fraud cases quickly, who have robbed the country's resources and enjoying the wealth along with their kith and kin. If we facilitate with too many counsels the accused will try to find escape route only. In Sri Lanka we see politicians become millionaires within a short period and they do not produce correct wealth records to the elections commissioner as well.

    sumal perera Thursday, 15 March 2018 10:14 AM

    Our supreme courts should do things to regain its lost credibility as a result of wrong doings by Sarath Silva and Mohan Pieris. Our courts and the entire judiciary system has become a joke in the eyes of the public.

    Eng.M.V.R.Perera Thursday, 15 March 2018 11:36 AM

    my experience the present judiciary is equally bad as from article 126(5) of our constitution a petition filed in the supreme court should be completed within 2 months of filing the petition why is not our supreme court not doing so

    fareed Thursday, 15 March 2018 12:31 PM

    GL and the entire JO are hypocrites.

    johan Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:30 PM

    Why can't JVP,Puravesiya Balaya and Tennekkone file objections against these petitions

    KOLA KOTIYA Thursday, 15 March 2018 03:03 PM

    DO WE HAVE A JUDICIARY SYSTEM


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