Court rejects bid to delay A/L examination by two months

Sri Lanka, July 23 -- The Court of Appeal today dismissed a writ application filed by a group of students seeking to postpone the upcoming G.C.E. Advanced Level examination by two months. The petitio... Read More

SC rules activist's arrest during 'GotaGoHome' protests violated Fundamental Rights

Sri Lanka, July 23 -- The Supreme Court today held that the arrest of social activist Anuruddha Bandara during the 2022 "GotaGoHome" protest movement was arbitrary and unlawful, ruling that the police... Read More

Court to hear intervention petitions in Suresh Sallay's writ petition on August 4

Sri Lanka, July 17 -- The Court of Appeal today fixed August 4 to hear several intervention petitions filed both in support of and in opposition to the writ application filed by former State Intellige... Read More

Delay in criminal justice system: 11-year-old victim waits 22 years to testify in sexual abuse case

Sri Lanka, July 16 -- A Court of Appeal judgment has exposed the extraordinary delays in Sri Lanka's criminal justice system, revealing that a 11-year-old victim of grave sexual abuse in 2001 was only... Read More

Magistrates, District Court judges up in arms against move

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- With pressure mounting on the Government from the country's legal fraternity over the move for retirement age extension for Superior Court judges, the Judicial Service Associatio... Read More

Court to consider intervention pleas in Suresh Sallay's writ case on July 17

Sri Lanka, July 10 -- The Court of Appeal today fixed July 17 to consider several intervention petitions filed by individuals and organisations, including prominent Buddhist monks, seeking permission ... Read More

BASL urges President to fill eight vacancies in Superior Courts without delay

Sri Lanka, July 10 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take immediate steps to fill the longstanding vacancies in the Supreme Court and the Court... Read More

Court of Appeal upholds death sentence in Galle electrocution murder case

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and death sentence imposed on a man found guilty of murdering his neighbour by electrocuting him with illegally connected live electr... Read More

Court upholds eight-year jail term on man for sexually abusing six-year-old child

Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and eight-year rigorous imprisonment imposed on a man who had sexually abused a six-year-old girl in Moneragala in 2010. A two-judge ben... Read More

Hirunika's appeal against abduction conviction to be heard on August 6

Sri Lanka, July 6 -- An appeal filed by former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra challenging her conviction and three-year prison sentence over a 2015 abduction case, has been fixed for argument b... Read More

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