Sri Lanka, May 21 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that the Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Professor Kapila Perera, violated the fundamental human rights of Additional Secretary W.S. Sathyananda by declaring that his services were no longer required and subjecting him to humiliation and mental distress.

The judgment was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Arjuna Obeyesekere, with the concurrence of Justices Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Janak de Silva, following the hearing of a Fundamental Rights petition filed by the aggrieved Additional Secretary.

The petitioner stated that he is a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service with nearly 30 years of experience in various positions within ...