SC Judge declines to hear petition on national list

16 September 2015 10:14 am

Supreme Court Judge Priyantha Jayawardene today declined to sit on the bench hearing the petition filed by Sri Lanka Communist Party (SLCP) against the appointment of defeated candidates as MPs through the national lists.

SLCP General Secretary D.E.W. Gunasekara filed a fundamental rights petition in court seeking an order to quash the appointments of such MPs whose names were approved by the Elections Commissioner gazetted.

Justice Jayawardane cited personal reasons for declining to sit on the bench and the case was fixed for support on September 23. (LS)