නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col) අධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරු වැඩිකරන සහ ජාතික ආණ්ඩු බිහි කරන නීති සංශෝධන ගෙනවිත් විනිසුරුවරුන්ට සහ නීතියට පක්ෂපාතිබව පෙන්වමින් රට ඩිජිටල් යටත් විජිතයක් කිරීමේ සහ ඩිජිටල් නෛතික නිදහස අහිමි කරන 19 යේ අධිකරණ ඇමති අලි සබ්‍රිගේ උත්සාහය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 14, 18, 23, 24 සහ 106, 157 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවලට […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. කොරෝනා පනතේ වගන්ති 7/13ක් ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව උල්ලංඝනය කරද්දී නීතීඥ සංගමයේ ඉහළ නිලතල දරන අයට එය නොපෙනීම නීතියේ පාලනයට බලවත් අනතුරකි. පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්‍රී නීතීඥ අලි සබ්‍රි මහතා ශ්‍රී ලංකා නීතීඥ සංගමය ඉහළ නිලතල දරණ අය ග්‍රහණයට ගෙන ඇති බව පැහැදීලි වන්නේ 2020.07.12 දින ස්වර්ණවාහිනී “ඉර” වැඩසටහනට සහභාගී වෙමින් […]

වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. 1) නීතිඥ සංගමයේ කිහිප දෙනෙකු අධිකරණ ඇමති සමග ඇති පෞද්ගලික සම්බන්ධතාවය නිසා වගන්ති 7ක්ම ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවට පටහැනි අධිකරණ ඇමතිගේ කොරෝනා පනත් කෙටුම්පත නොදැක්කා වාගේ හිටියාද? 2) නීතිඥ සංගමයේ සභාපති වීමට සහාය දුන් නිසා අධිකරණ ඇමතිගේ ව්‍යවස්ථා විරෝධී කොරෝනා පනත් කෙටුම්පත නීතිඥ සංගමයේ අවධානයට යොමු කළේ නැද්ද? 3) […]

ලක්සිරි උණවටුන (සමායෝජක) වෛද්‍ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්‍යයන වැඩසටහන. ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ ජනාධිපතිවරයා 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය බලාත්මක වූ සමයේ තේරීපත් වී ජනාධිපති ධූරයේ දිව්රුම් දෙන ලදී. එසේම 2020.08.05 දින පවත්වන ලද පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය පවත්වන ලද්දේත් 19 ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධනයේ ප්‍රතිපාදන යටතේ වන අතර එමෙන්ම මහනුවරදී 2020 අගෝස්තු 12 දින දිවුරුම් දෙන ලදී. ඒ […]

By Sugeewara Senadhira/Daily News Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, June 25: A rare cross-party agreement with a marked difference was seen in the Sri Lanka parliament earlier this week. Two parliamentarians with bitter experiences of spending time in detention, due to political witch-hunting according to them, saw eye-to-eye on the need for justice for those who are […]

Courtesy Adaderana State Minister of Prison Reforms today (June 26) stated that attention is being paid to commute the sentences of 253 prisoners who have been condemned to death. State Minister Lohan Ratwatte said that the relevant report has been submitted to the Minister of Justice. He said, We have forwarded that request to the […]

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Courtesy Hiru News Former Colombo District Parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who was imprisoned for the murder of former Parliamentarian Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was released on a Presidential pardon yesterday. Former Member of Parliament Duminda Silva played a significant role in uplifting the living standards of low-income earners in the Colombo District. An exchange of gunfire between […]

Courtesy Adaderana Acting Solicitor General Sanjay Rajaratnam has been sworn in before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as the 48th Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The new Attorney General took oaths at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this evening (May 26), the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. Rajaratnam, who served the Attorney General’s Department for the past […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Parliamentary Council has approved the appointment of Acting Solicitor General Sanjay Rajaratnam as the new Attorney General of Sri Lanka. The Parliamentary Council decided to concur with the proposal of the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appoint Sanjay Rajaratnam, PC, Solicitor General (Acting) as the Attorney General upon the retirement of the incumbent […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island SLPP Chairman Prof. G.L. Peiris says that the proposed Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill is consistent with the Constitution. Prof. Peiris, who is also the Education Minister, insists the Bill received the sanction of the Attorney General. Prof. Peiris explained to the media the circumstances under which the […]

Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula de Livera has filed an appeal before the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Trial-at-Bar granting bail to the Bond Scam suspects, the Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said. On April 01, former Minister Ravi Karunanayake and seven suspects who were accused in another […]

Courtesy Adaderana A five-member Supreme Court judge bench has been appointed to hear the petition filed against the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill. Chaired by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, the bench consists of Supreme Court Judges Buwaneka Aluvihare, Priyantha Jayawardena, Murdu Fernando and Janak de Silva. The petition, filed by Chairman of the Association […]

By Saman Indrajith Courtesy The Island Justice Minister Ali Sabry told Parliament yesterday that the process of removing Mohan Peiris from the post of Chief Justice in 2015 was illegal. Answering a question raised by Matale District SLPP MP Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, Minister Sabry said that he would take appropriate action after consulting Prime Minister […]

YOHAN PERERA AND AJITH SIRIWARDANA Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Justice Minister said he will seek the Prime Minister’s advice on the unlawful removal of one time Chief Justice Mohan Peiris from his post and rectify it Action will be taken to rectify the removal of Mohan Peiris as the Chief justice in 2015 with […]

Courtesy Adaderana Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (30) acquitted and released Former Chief Justice Mohan Peiris and two others from a case filed by the Bribery Commission. When the case was called before Colombo Chief Magistrate Buddhika Sri Ragala earlier today, Additional Director General of Bribery Commission Subhashini Senanayake informed the court of the complainant’s intent […]

By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island … 20-year UN ban on examination of accusations travesty of justice: ex-CJ Former Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva (1999-2009), on Thursday (18), alleged that the British government had suppressed diplomatic cables sent by its wartime Defence Attaché Lt. Colonel Anthony Gash from the British High Commission, Colombo, because they […]

High Commission of Sri Lanka  London The appeal made to the UK High Court by Major Gen Priyanka Fernando, the former Minister Counsellor (Defence) of the Sri Lanka High Commission against the judgement of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court on him was allowed today, 19 March 2021. In the judgement handed down by the High Court, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has filed indictments against the suspects of the Central Bank bond scam, says the AG’s Coordinating Officer State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne. The indictments were lodged before the two Trial-at-Bars hearing the legal matters on Central Bank Treasury Bond auctions held between March 29 and March 31, 2016. The Chief Justice […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින * 19 ව්‍යවස්ථා කුමන්ත‍්‍රණය කළ අයට දඬුවම් කරන්න… ! 2002දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ගෙන එන ලද 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පතේ 5 වන වගන්තිය අනුව ආණ්ඩුක‍්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 70 වන ව්‍යවස්ථාවට ඉක්බිතිව 70 (අ) ලෙස ව්‍යවස්ථාවක් ගෙන එමින් වසරකට පසු ජනාධිපතිවරයාට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසිරවීම අවශ්‍ය වන්නේ නම් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ නොපැමිණි මන්ත‍්‍රීවරයන්ද […]

Courtesy Adaderana A five-member judge bench of the Supreme Court has been appointed by the Chief Justice to take up a petition challenging the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. Supreme Court Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Yasantha Kodagoda, A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Kumudini Wickremesinghe and Shiran Gunaratne will accordingly serve as the members of the bench. The relevant petition, […]

Dr Nihal Jayawickrama Courtesy The Island I grew up, spending my childhood, adolescence and early adult life, in the home of a judge who ended his judicial career as head of the country’s highest court. I also had the enviable experience of serving as his private secretary sometime between my graduation and entry into the […]

Courtesy The Island The Attorney General’s Department yesterday (25) said that a section of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (P CoI) report had been received by AG Dappula de Livera, PC. The AG received the Volume 1, which contains the final report,” a spokesperson for the Department said. According to the official the remaining volumes […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Presidential Secretariat has handed over the report of Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on the Easter Sunday terror attacks to Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene. On the directive of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Director General (Legal) of the Presidential Secretariat, Mr. Hariguptha Rohanadheera handed over the Presidential Commission report on Easter […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today The Minister of Education Professor G.L. Peiris states that the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday Attack will be publicised. He stated this at a press conference held in Colombo today (15), The Minister of Education also acknowledged that the Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Chief Justice has appointed two Trial-at Bars for the hearing of the Bond Scam cases involving the two Treasury Bond Auctions in March 2016. The Attorney General requested for a Trial at Bar for the case on February 11, 2021, to try former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, former Governor of Central Bank […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has requested for another Trial-at-Bar for the trial of the Bond Scam involving the third Treasury Bond Auction of March 31, 2016. The Coordinating Officer of the Attorney General State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne stated that Attorney General Dappula de Livera made this request to the Chief Justice today (February 15). […]

by Melani Manel Perera Courtesy AsiaNews.it In case the local justice fails, the prelate wants the International Criminal Court in The Hague to intervene. The Sri Lankan government is already under UN pressure over its handling of the conflict with Tamil separatists. Victims’ families back the cardinal’s initiative. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Card Malcolm Ranjith yesterday […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General Dappula De Livera has requested for a copy of the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to investigate the Easter Sunday terror attacks. The Attorney General has requested for a copy of the report from the Secretary to the President in order to consider forwarding charges against […]

Courtesy Adaderana Attorney General Dappula de Livera today (February 11) requested the Chief Justice to appoint a trial-at-bar to try former Minister Ravi Karunanayake, former CBSL governor Arjuna Mahendran, Perpetual Treasuries Limited owner Arjun Aloysius and 8 others over the Bond Scam involving Treasury Bond Auction of March 2016. The request came after the Criminal […]