Two FR petitions challenging legality of Sri Lanka-India MoUs fixed for June 12

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Colombo, June 5 (Daily Mirror) - Two Fundamental Rights petitions filed seeking an order to invalidate the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recently signed between Sri Lanka and India were today fixed for June 12 by the Supreme Court.

Seven MoUs between India and Sri Lanka, including defence cooperation, sharing successful digital solutions and MoU on Multi-sectoral Grant Assistance for the Eastern Province, were exchanged on April 5 at the Presidential Secretariat in the presence of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

When the matter was called before the Supreme Court, a two-judge bench comprising Justices Achala Wengappuli and Menaka Wijesundera, Senior Counsel Canishka Witharana sought the earliest possible date to support the application, citing the urgency and national importance of the matter.

Accordingly, the petitions were fixed for June 12.

A group of petitioners, including President of the Patriotic National Movement Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekara and Treasurer of Vinivida Foundation Sunil Jayasundara

filed these petitions, naming Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Attorney General, and several others as respondents.