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22nd Amendment to the Constitution: Arguments for and against

Sri Lanka, Sept. 26 -- A central issue in the debate over Sri Lanka's proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution has been the retirement age and tenure of Superior Court judges, with arguments focusi... Read More


Piumi Hansamali withdraws writ petition challenging CID probe

Sri Lanka, Sept. 24 -- Sri Lankan model, actress and beauty entrepreneur Piumi Hansamali today withdrew her writ petition filed before the Court of Appeal challenging the legality of investigations co... Read More


Court reduces sentence of couple convicted of procuring Russian woman

Sri Lanka, Sept. 23 -- The Court of Appeal yesterday reduced the seven-year prison sentences imposed on a husband and wife convicted of trafficking and procuring a Russian national for prostitution in... Read More


Appeal Court to deliver decision on Dilith's writ petition on September 30

Sri Lanka, Sept. 18 -- The Court of Appeal today fixed September 30 to announce its decision on a writ petition filed by Parliamentarian Dilith Jayaweera challenging the legality of a complaint lodged... Read More


LAWASIA raises serious concerns over procedure in Supreme Court hearings on 22nd Amendment

Sri Lanka, Sept. 16 -- The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) has expressed serious concern over the procedure followed by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in the constitutional challeng... Read More


Shani's, Ravi's Fundamental Rights violated by Easter attacks probe: SC

Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- The Supreme Court today declared that former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon and two other police officers had violated the fundamental rights of retired Senior DIG and former CID Dire... Read More


Court of Appeal upholds 15-year sentence for father convicted of raping daughter

Sri Lanka, Sept. 14 -- The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by a man convicted of raping his biological daughter and affirmed the 15-year rigorous imprisonment sentence imposed on him by ... Read More


President cannot exercise executive power for self-interest: Supreme Court

SriLanka, Sept. 11 -- The Supreme Court, while invalidating the Presidential pardon granted to Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thera by former President Maithripala... Read More


Supreme Court invalidates presidential pardon granted to Gnanasara Thera

Sri Lanka, Sept. 10 -- The Supreme Court today ruled that former President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to grant a presidential pardon to Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galagoda Atte G... Read More


Commonwealth Lawyers Association raises questions over Supreme Court proceedings

Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- In a nine-page report, President of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) Steven Thiru has raised several concerns over procedural fairness, transparency and the composition... Read More