Sri Lanka, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has invalidated the remission of the prison sentence granted to a man by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe under a General Amnesty in September 2024, ruling that the decision violated the Fundamental Right to equality and equal protection of the law.

A three-judge bench comprising Justices Janak De Silva, Dr. Sobhitha Rajakaruna and Sampath Wijeratne held that the man had received preferential treatment compared to another person jailed for the same offence.Locate Inmates

The Court found that the difference in the wording of their warrants of commitment, one referring to default in payment of a "fine" and the other to default in maintenance payments did not constitute a valid ground for g...