Backlog of 1.1 million court cases in Sri Lanka : MP

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Colombo, June 12 (Daily Mirror) - There is a backlog of 1.1 million court cases in Sri Lanka, National People's Power (NPP) MP Hiruni Wijesinghe told Parliament.

This she said means that there 1.1 million cases in Sri Lankan courts .

"Our government received a mandate to rectify these shortcomings and we will focus on rectifying these shortcomings" she added.

Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara also assured that shortcomings that exist in the Judiciary will be resolved soon.

He came up with this remark when Opposition MPs highlighted about the non appointment of Judges to fill vacancies that exist in Supreme Court and the Appeal Court. This was highlighted by MPs Chamara Sampath Dassanayake and Ajith P. Perera.