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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


Court dismisses Yoshitha's revision application relating to "Menik Malla" case

Sri Lanka, July 3 -- The Court of Appeal today dismissed a revision application filed by Yoshitha Rajapaksa in connection with the money laundering case widely known as the "Menik Malla" case. The re... Read More


Colombo Law Society urges President to abandon plan to extend judges' retirement age

Sri Lanka, July 3 -- The Colombo Law Society (CLS), a premier professional association serving attorneys-at-law in Sri Lanka has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to refrain from proceeding wit... Read More


Archchuna's parliamentary eligibility case re-fixed for argument

Sri Lanka, July 2 -- The writ application challenging the eligibility of Jaffna District Parliamentarian Dr. Ramanathan Archchuna to serve as a Member of Parliament was today re-fixed for argument aft... Read More


Sarana Gunawardena files appeal against 16 years jail sentence

Sri Lanka, July 1 -- Former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena, who was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment in connection with four corruption cases, has filed four separate appeals b... Read More


LAWASIA urges Sri Lanka to halt judicial retirement age amendment

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific (LAWASIA) has called on the Sri Lankan Government to refrain from proceeding with the proposed Constitutional amendments aimed at inc... Read More


Gotabaya's writ petition fixed for tomorrow

Sri Lanka, June 17 -- The writ petition filed by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa seeking an order preventing his arrest in connection with the ongoing investigations into the 2019 Easter Sunday te... Read More


Court allows Tissa to seek answers from Prime Minister

SriLanka, June 14 -- The Colombo District Court on Friday (12) permitted Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) National Organiser Tissa Attanayake to serve interrogatories on Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya,... Read More