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AG tells SC 22nd Amendment does not require referendum

Sri Lanka, Sept. 3 -- The Attorney General yesterday informed the Supreme Court that the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution does not seek to amend any of the entrenched provisions specified i... Read More


Supreme Court adjourns for 15 minutes to accommodate crowded Courtroom

Sri Lanka, Sept. 1 -- The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing of 67 Special Determination petitions for 15 minutes a short while ago to accommodate more people in the courtroom, following a request by... Read More


Supreme Court commences hearing into petitions filed over 22nd Amendment bill

Sri Lanka, Sept. 1 -- The Supreme Court, a short while ago, commenced hearing the 67 Special Determination petitions filed in connection with the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. The peti... Read More


Record 67 petitions filed over 22nd Amendment Bill

Sri Lanka, Sept. 1 -- A record 67 Special Determination petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court in connection with the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, making it the largest num... Read More


NPP MP seeks dismissal of BASL petition on 22nd Amendment

Sri Lanka, Aug. 27 -- National People's Power (NPP) Parliamentarian Lakshman Nipuna Arachchi has filed an intervenient petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order to dismiss the Special Determinati... Read More


Bus driver jailed for 13 years for high-speed crash that killed seven

Sri Lanka, Aug. 26 -- The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by a private bus driver and affirmed his conviction and 13-year-and-three-month rigorous imprisonment sentence for causing the d... Read More


BASL raises gratification concern over judges' tenure extension

Sri Lanka, Aug. 25 -- The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in a Special Determination petition filed before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the proposed Twenty-Second Amendm... Read More


BASL President, Secretary file petition against 22nd Amendment

Srilanka, Aug. 24 -- The President and Secretary of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) filed a Special Determination petition before the Supreme Court today seeking a declaration that the propose... Read More


SLPP files petition against 22nd amendment

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Attorney-at-Law Sagara Kariyawasam today filed a Special Determination petition before the Supreme Court challenging t... Read More


High Court acquits technical officer in Rs. 40,000 bribery case

Sri Lanka, Aug. 21 -- The Colombo High Court today acquitted a Technical Officer who had been charged with soliciting a bribe of Rs. 40,000 on two occasions and accepting a total of Rs. 40,000 in two ... Read More