Sri Lanka, March 18 -- The Supreme Court ordered the disenrolment of a female Attorney-at-Law after she pleaded guilty to tearing and chewing two pages of a case record at the Kekirawa District Court in 2023.

Delivering its ruling, the Supreme Court held that the respondent's conduct amounted to serious professional misconduct compounded by acts constituting multiple criminal offences. Acting under Section 42(2) of the Judicature Act, the Court directed that her name be struck off the Register of Attorneys-at-Law, effectively barring her from legal practice.

The judgment was delivered by the Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justice Yasantha Kodagoda, Justice Arjuna Obeyesekere and Justice Priyantha Fernando.

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