Court bars teachers’ union protest along Galle Road

Colombo, June 26 - The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has issued a restraining order preventing the General Secretary of Ceylon Teachers’ Union, Joseph Stalin, Ven. Ulapane Sumangala Thero, and eight others from organizing a demonstration today that could cause inconvenience to the public or pedestrians along major routes in Colombo.

The court order specifically prohibits any protest actions that would block sections of roads from Ceramic Junction to NSA Roundabout, NSA Roundabout to Baladaksha Mawatha along Galle Road. 

In addition, the order bars entry into premises such as the Finance Ministry, President’s Secretariat, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and the President’s House.