Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- The Attorney General is scheduled to present the government's stance to the Supreme Court today regarding petitions filed challenging the Organised Crime Prevention Bill presented to Parliament by the government.

26 petitions were filed in the Supreme Court stating that the provisions of the Organised Crime Prevention Bill violate the Constitution.

These petitions are being examined before a Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, and Supreme Court Justices Achala Wengappuli and Sampath Abeykoon.

Submissions by the lawyers of the petitioning party, which commenced on the morning of the 4th, continued until that night.

The three-member Supreme Court bench ordered the petitioning party ...