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The appeal filed by former DIG Vaas Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Vaas Gunawardena and four police officers challenging Colombo High Court’s judgment to convict them for committing the murder of millionaire businessman Mohamed Shyam was today fixed for arguments by Supreme Court.
The Colombo Fraud Investigation Bureau has informed Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court that they have not been able to obtain several documents including the purported last will of late Miss Ceylon 1962 Jennifer Ingleton (nee Labrooy) and her marriage certificate from Colombo District Court, as a part of a magisterial inquiry.
The Attorney General today informed the Court of Appeal that the indictments filed against former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda at Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar in connection with the abduction of eleven persons will be withdrawn.
The Fundamental Rights petitions filed by Bathiudeen brothers seeking an order to release them forthwith from the custody of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) were today fixed for further support by the Supreme Court.
Two businessmen arrested for allegedly aiding and abetting to remove two containers with 54,000 kilograms of garlic belonging to Lanka Sathosa were today ordered to be further remanded till October 5 by Welisara Magistrate’s Court.
Filing a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court, the former OIC of Thelikada police station in Galle district alleged that he has been unreasonably transferred to the Tangalle police Division for normal duties at the behest of the racketeers involved in illegal activities in Gin Ganga and forests in Thelikada.
A writ petition has been filed in the Court of Appeal seeking an interim order to stay the Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka from paying a pension to the newly appointed Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal.
The Supreme Court in a judgment delivered on Wednesday (29) determined that a Diga married daughter (when a woman is settled in her husband’s home) has no rights to her father’s property in accordance with Kandyan Law, a customary law in Sri Lanka.
Eight prisoners detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) at the Anuradhapura prison today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court against the alleged criminal conduct on the part of the State Minister Lohan Ratwatte.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has instructed to lift the ongoing quarantine curfew on October 1, Army Commander General Shavendra Silva said.
The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order restraining the Director-General of Wildlife Conservation Department Grant from registering all elephants in terms of the new regulations challenged in Courts.
The Court of Appeal today issued an interim order preventing the Northern Province Local Government Commissioner from taking any steps under the Local Authority Election Act to appoint a new Chairman to the Mannar Pradeshiya Sabha.
Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP, Harin Fernando has been hospitalized after developing heart complications from a surgery conducted a few months ago, sources said.
The Mannar former Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman has filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal challenging the Northern Province Governor’s decision to remove him from the posts of the Chairman and membership of the Pradeshiya Sabha.
Co-Cabinet Spokesman Dr. Ramesh Pathirana contradicting State Minister Sudarshani Fernandopulle’s views on vaccinating children above 12 years of age, said today that according to reports, vaccinating children against Covid-19 was more beneficial than its harmful aspects.
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest woman worth $31billion, has warned Australia is on the same track as Sri Lanka and Argentina in falling from prosperity to poverty due to a big-spending, regulation-heavy government.
A Fundamental Rights petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the authority’s decision to reopen liquor shops, violating the prevailing quarantine laws.
A Fundamental Rights petition seeking an order prohibiting the Treasury Secretary from selling, leasing, or alienating state properties vested in Selendiva Investments Limited Company was today fixed for November 29 by Supreme Court.
The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has advised the Counsels for the aggrieved party to make an application before Colombo District Court to obtain the certified copies of the alleged forged last will of late Miss Ceylon 1962 Jennifer Ingleton (nee Labrooy) for the perusal of magisterial inquiry relating to its authenticity.
A man sentenced to life imprisonment for drug trafficking after spending two years in jail was acquitted by the Court of Appeal observing that evidence of main prosecution witnesses, two police officers attached to the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) cannot be considered credible.
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