FR case on CJ’s appointment: CPA wants full bench

6 February 2013 08:35 am

The fundamental rights petition filed by the Centre for Policy Alternative (CPA) challenging the appointment of Mohan Peiris as Chief Justice was put off by the Supreme Court on a request made by the petitioner for a full bench

The petitioner in a motion filed in Court stated that in view of Chief Justice Mohan Peiris, being cited as a respondent he was not in a position to nominate a Bench to hear the petition and therefore wanted it to be heard by a bench comprising all Supreme Court Judges.

The case will be taken up on March 5.