Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, January 4 (newsin.asia): The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) said here on Friday that Switzerland has baselessly alleged that due process” was not observed in the case relating to the alleged abduction of a local employee of the Swiss embassy in Colombo. Referring to the most recent statement issued by the […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකාසීනිවුස් අධිකරණයේ විභාගයේ තීන්දුව ලබා දුන් මිනී මැරුම් නඩුවක් සම්බන්ධයෙන් රන්ජන් රාමනායක මන්ත්‍රීවරයා බලපෑම් කරන අයුරු දැක්වෙන හඬපටයක් ඔහු සතුව තිබී රහස් පොලිස් අත්අඩංගුවට පත්ව තිබේ. එකී හඬ පටයෙන් ඔහු රහස් පොලිසියේ හිටපු ප්‍රධානී ශානි අබේසේකර සමඟ සාකච්ඡා පවත්වයි. එහිදී ඔහු සඳහන් කරන්නේ තමන් අධිකරණයේ විනිසුරුවරියකට ඇමතු බවත් රටම බලා ඉන්න මිනීමැරුම් තීන්දුවක් […]

Courtesy Hiru News  Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathna rejected a motion which was filed by the lawyers of remanded former SPC chairman Rumi Mohamed to make submissions intending to obtain bail today. The Magistrate informed Mohamed’s lawyers to make such submissions when the suspect is produced before Court on January 6th. Rumi Mohamed is in […]

Courtesy Adaderana Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London today (06) imposed a fine of Sterling Pounds (GBP) 2,400 on former Defence Attaché at Sri Lanka High Commission in London Brigadier Priyanka Fernando who was charged for making a threatening gesture towards a group of L.T.T.E. supporters back in 2018. The hearing of the case was taken […]

Sri Lankan News A WELL PLANNED OPERATION THAT FAILED TO BEAR FRUIT THE BELLIGERENTs (1) NGO OPERATION BACKED BY CIA (2) BACKED BY LOCAL OPERATORS SIMILAR TO THE LATEST  SWISS EMBASSY SCANDAL (3) THAJUDEENS SOCIALITES WHO LASED HIS FINAL SHOTS OF POL WITH MIND BENDING DRUGS (4) YAHAPALANA GOONS ON A  PAID MISSION TO ELIMINATE […]

Courtesy Hiru News Lawyers of Rayynor Silva, Chairman of HIRU TV, sends letters of demand to MP Mangala Samaraweera and two others for recent defamatory comments made against him and his family demanding 1 Billion rupees each.

Idrees Ali CourtesyReuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned two Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and restored the rank of a Navy SEAL platoon commander who was demoted for actions in Iraq, a move critics have said would undermine military justice and send a message that battlefield atrocities […]

FB Royal Park murder convict Jude Shramantha Jayamaha has appealed for a second chance saying he never intended to harm anyone and that he was ashamed for what has happened. Jayamaha was serving life in prison over the 2005 murder of Swedish national Yvonne Johnson at the Royal Park condominium. President Maithripala Sirisena last week granted a […]

by Shyam Nuwan Ganewatte Courtesy The Island November 10, 2019, 9:01 pm President’s Counsel Ali Sabri showing the documents proving that SLPP Presidential Candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa had given up his US citizenship.Pic by Thushara Atapattu A panel of senior lawyers led by President’s Counsel Ali Sabri yesterday produced documents pertaining to SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s […]

Courtesy Adaderana Granting of the presidential pardon to the Royal Park murder convict was carried out on the recommendations of a special committee of officials, civil organizations, and several distinguished members of the society stated President’s Media Division. Jude Shramantha Anthony Jayamaha, who was sentenced to death over the Royal Park murder case in 2005, […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has appointed a five-judge bench to consider the fundamental rights petitions filed seeking for an injunction order against the signing of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Agreement with the United States. The five-judge bench appointed by the Chief Justice is to be chaired by the Supreme Court Judge Buwaneka Aluvihare. […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු නිව්ස් එම්.සී.සී. හෙවත් මිලේනියම් චැලෙන්ජ් කෝපරේෂන් ගිවිසුමට අත්සන් තැබීම වළක්වන නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා ගොනුකර තිබූ පෙත්සම් සලකා බැලීමට අගවිනිසුරුවරයා පංච පුද්ගල විනිසුරු මඩුල්ලක් නම් කර තිබෙනවා. අදාළ පෙත්සම් ලබන 13 වැනිදා සලකා බැලීමට නියමිතයි. එම්.සී.සී. හෙවත් මිලේනියම් චැලෙන්ජ් කෝපරේෂන් ගිවිසුම සඳහා රජය අත්සන් තැබීම වළක්වන නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන ලෙස ඉල්ලා […]

Courtesy The Hindistan Times Convicted killer Jude Jayamaha, from a wealthy, high-profile family, walked out of Welikada prison Saturday following the highly unusual amnesty granted by President Maithripala Sirisena. Sri Lanka’s president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (01) reminded the Attorney General to brief the bench on legal action that would be taken against State Minister of Education Vijayakala Maheswaran over her statement concerning the now-defunct LTTE. When the case was taken up before the Colombo Magistrate this morning, the officers of the Criminal Investigation […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Legal Officer’s Association of the State Legal Advisor- the Attorney General’s Department, which is bound to be an impartial body, has now come under criticism for obtaining advertisements from private organisations and state institutions for a souvenir they are going to publish. A WhatsApp message that had been circulated by […]

Shehan Chamika Silva Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Court of Appeal today contemplated that if those who dishonoured the Court by cheering inside the court room soon after the decision on Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was declared are found to be legal professionals of the bar, they would have to face legal repercussions in due course. It was […]

By Chitra Weeraratne and A.J Abeynayake Courtesy The Island Deputy Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, on behalf of Attorney General Dappula de Livera, yesterday, informed the Court of Appeal that the signature placed on the citizenship certificate of Gotabaya Rajapaksa by Mahinda Rajapaksa, in his capacity as the President, was legitimate. DSG Pulle said that the […]

Courtesy The Daily Mirror Appearing for the Attorney General, Senior Deputy Solicitor General Nerin Pulle today told that the former president, who had signed the dual citizenship certificate of Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2005, actually had the power to do so as the relevant minister, because he had continued to exercise being the head of the […]

Courtesy Ceylon Today Lawyers in the Northern Province have decided to boycott Court proceedings tomorrow (24) in protest over the defying of a Court order delivered by the Mullaitivu Magistrate, in connection with the last rites of Ven. Kolampe Medhalankra Thera and attack on Mullaitivu lawyer Sukash today (23). Informed sources said that Mullaitivu Magistrate […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන BSc(Col), PGDC(Col) සමායෝජක) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නීතිය සොයාගත හැකි ප්‍රධාන නීති මූලාශ්‍ර 2කි. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව සම්මත කරන පනත් ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණ නඩු තීන්දු නීතිය නොදැනීම සමාවට කාරණයක් නොවන හෙයින්” ස්වාධීන රටක නීති පැනවීම ස්වදේශීය ජනතාවට කියවිය හැකි භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීම ශිෂ්ට ලෝකයේ පිළිගැනීමයි. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව නීති පැනවීම ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පවතින ප්‍රධාන නීති මූලාශ්‍ර 2ක […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has instructed the Acting IGP to expedite the conclusion of police investigations into several high-profile cases including the murders of Lasantha Wickramthunga and Wasim Thajudeen. The cases include the assassination of journalist Lasantha Wickramathunga, the killing of 17 aid workers in 2006, the murder of Sri Lankan rugby player Wasim […]

නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන BSc(Col), PGDC(Col) (සමායෝජක)  රට අවුල් කරන NGO සංවිධානවල සහ දෙමළ ඩයස්ෆෝරාවේ බලපෑම් පාලනය කිරීමට රටේ බහුතර ජනතාව නීතිය පිළිබද අවබෝධය ලබා ගත යුතුය.නීතිය නොදැනීම සමාවට කාරණාවක්ද නොවේ. පාර්ලිමේන්තුව පනත් සම්මත කිරීමේදී  පමණක් නොව ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණය ලබා ලබා දෙන සෑම නඩු තීන්දුවකින්ම නීති සාදන බව රටේ ඇතැම් පිරිස් දන්නේ නැත. රට […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court today (09) dismissed three petitions filed in favour of the Private Member’s Bill submitted in Parliament seeking to abolish the death penalty. The dismissal order was delivered by a three-judge bench consisting of Supreme Court Justices L.T.B. Dehideniya, Murdu Fernando and Gamini Amarasekara. The petitions were filed by Prof. C. […]

Courtesy Adaderana A petition has been filed at the Supreme Court seeking a ruling that the Private Member’s Bill presented to the parliament by MP Bandulal Banadarigoda on the abolishment of the death penalty is not unconstitutional. The Attorney General has been named the respondent of this petition file by Prof. C. Gunaratne from Nugegoda. […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo High Court today rejected the preliminary objections presented by attorney on behalf of former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara stating that the High Court does not have the authority to hear the revision application filed by the Attorney General. The Attorney General on July 18th filed a revision […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island A Foreign Ministry panjandrum has come under fire for allegedly seeking to facilitate a UN bid to influence the Sri Lankan judiciary. The Opposition is out for his scalp as he has written to the Chief Justice and the High Court judges, asking them to make available information pertaining to some […]

අරුන උණවටුන ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ සහ අභියාචනාධිකරණ නඩු තීන්දු සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ලබා දීමට ජනමතය විමසන ලෙස ඉල්ලා අත්සන් ලක්ෂයක පෙත්සමක් ජනාධිපතිවරයාට ලබා දීමට අත්සන් එකතු කිරීමේ ආරම්භක උත්සවය ජූනි 18 කොළඹ මහජන පුස්තකාලයේ දී පවත්වන ලදී. නීතිය නොදැනීම සමාවට කරුණක් නොවේ” යන නීති සිද්ධාන්තය අනුව රටේ බහුතර ජනතාව වෙනස්කමකට ලක් නොකල යුතු අතර නීතිය දැන ගැනීමට ඇති […]

Courtesy Adaderana It is apt to revise the indictments filed against former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa if they are in a state of being revised, the Supreme Court told the Attorney General. The Attorney General had filed indictments with the Permanent High Court-at-Bar against Gotabaya Rajapaksa, accusing him of misusing state funds when constructing the […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General today filed a revision application before the Colombo High Court against the Colombo chief magistrate’s order granting bail to IGP Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando. The appeal requests the Colombo High Court to issue an interim order against the granting of bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court […]

 (නිර්මාණය – ඩබ්.කේ. එස්. ජයතිලක) සිංහල ඔබගෙ අයිතිය වෙයි මේකපාට බේද නොබලව් ඔබ කිසි දාකපෑන අතින් ගෙන නොබියව කිසි දාකතබනු තබනු එහි අත්සන සැබෑ දැක උගනිව් ඉගෙනගව් සැමගේ භාෂාවපෙරමුණ දියව් තමගේ මව් භාෂාවකෙළෙසන්නට එපා කිසිවිට මව් භාෂාවසමතැන නොවේ නිසි තැන තබව් මව් භාෂාව නීති පනත් ගෙනෙනා ඒ මිනිස්සූදුගී ජනයා තලනා ඒ මිනිස්සූනීති කඩන ඒ ගෙම්බර […]