Further consideration of petitions on 20A postponed

29 September 2020 05:01 pm

Further consideration of petitions against the draft on 20th Amendment to the Constitution was postponed till tomorrow (30). 
The petitions were taken up by the Supreme Court today and a five-member Supreme Court bench was appointed by the Chief Justice to consider the petitions.
The members of the bench are Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Buwaneka Aluwihare, Sisira De Abrew, Priyantha Jayawardena and Vijith Malalgoda.
A total of 39 Petitions have been filed against the draft 20th Amendment in the Supreme Court as of this morning. (Thilini de Silva)