Sri Lanka, Oct. 22 -- The Court of Appeal yesterday (21) issued an interim injunction preventing Sundaralingam Kandipan from functioning as the Mayor of the Vavuniya Urban Council and Paramesvaran Karthipan from serving as the Deputy Mayor.

The order was issued by the bench of Justices Rohantha Abeysuriya and Priyantha Fernando of the Court of Appeal, following the consideration of a writ petition filed by two Vavuniya Urban Council members, Kandaiya Vijaya Kumkar and Sivasubramaniam Premadas.

The injunction will remain in effect until the conclusion of the petition hearing, which the court directed to be recalled on November 19.

The petition, filed through Attorney Manjula Balasooriya, alleges that both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor did ...