Sri Lanka, July 16 -- The Supreme Court yesterday fixed October 30 to support a Fundamental Rights petition filed by a lawyer in Kandy, alleging failures by the several State authorities to take timely and co-ordinated action to mitigate the impact of Cyclonic 'Ditwah', despite advance warnings of the impending disaster.

The Supreme Court was informed that a petitioner challenging matters relating to weather forecasts intends to submit a BBC documentary together with a slideshow containing weather forecasts for Sri Lanka from November 13, 2025, in support of the case.

The submission was made by President's Counsel Upul Jayasuriya, appearing for the petitioner, when the matter was taken up before a three-judge bench comprising Chief Just...