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Sunday, December 5th, 2021
Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna (Attorney-at-Law) The people’s voice against the killing of George Floyd clearly shows that the Blacks in United States are a great deal ahead in seeking the justice in demanding the right to equality before the law…! * [Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna (Attorney-at-Law)] The ruling power of the British Crown in the United States […]
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Saturday, November 13th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General’s advice is to be sought with regard to the letter of demand issued by the Chinese company which supplied the controversial stock of organic fertilizer. Qingdao Seawin Biotech Group Co Ltd recently directed a letter of demand to Dr. W.A.R.T. Wickramaarachchi, Additional Director of the National Plant Quarantine Service of […]
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Friday, November 5th, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Colombo Commercial High Court has extended the enjoining order issued against the Chinese company that shipped fertilizer containing harmful bacteria to Sri Lanka, its local agent and the People’s Bank. This interim order, which prevents the payment to the Chinese firm on Letter of Credit, was accordingly extended until November 19. A […]
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana Father Cyril Gamini Fernando has filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition seeking an injunction order preventing him from being arrested by the police. The petition was filed before the Supreme Court. Last week, the Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Major General Suresh Sallay filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigation Department […]
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2021
Courtesy Adaderana The Minister of Justice has appointed former High Court Judge Kusala Sarojani Weerawardane to conduct an independent inquiry into the recent incidents at the Welikada & Anuradhapura prisons. Former State Minister of Prisons Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Affairs Lohan Ratwatte made headlines last week following his riotous behaviour at the Welikada and Anuradhapura […]
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Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
මාධ්ය අංශය වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීතිඅධ්යයන වැඩසටහන, ජනමතවිචාරණයකට යා යුතුව තිබූ වගන්ති 7 ක් සහිතව 2019 කොරෝනා වෛරස් රෝගය තාවකාලික විධිවිධාන පනත් කෙටුම්පත අලි සබ්රි ජනාධිපති නීතීඥවරයා ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇත්තේ කාලිංග ඉන්දතිස්ස, සංජීව ජයවර්ධන සහ ඉක්රම් මොහොමඩ් යන ජනාධිපති නීතීඥවරුන්ගේ සහායෙන් බව 2021 අගෝස්තු 17 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තු හැන්සාඩ් වාර්තාව මගින් පැහැදිලි වේ. (2021 […]
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Monday, August 16th, 2021
වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීතිඅධ්යයන වැඩසටහන, විනිසුරුවරුන්ට එරෙහිව පැමිණිලි කළහොත් තමන්ට එරෙහිවත් පැමිණිලි කරන්න පුලුවන්… ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ලේඛන සිංහල භාෂාවෙන් ඉල්ලූ නඩුවේදී අගවිනිසුරු කියයි…! එදින ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ සෙංකෝලය ඉවත් කරගැනීමට නොහැකිව ආධාරකවලට ඇලී පැවතීම විශේෂ සිදුවීමක්…. දිසා අධිකරණයට ඉදිරිපත් කළ ලිඛිත දේශනයේ ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් තිබූ පෞද්ගලික ලේඛන ඇතුලු ඉංග්රීසි භාෂාවෙන් ඇති ලේඛන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ […]
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Sunday, August 15th, 2021
මාධ්ය අංශය, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීතිඅධ්යයන වැඩසටහන, කොතලාවල පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද්දේ 2021.03.26 වන දිනය. කෝවිඩ් 19 පනත් කෙටුම්පත පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද්දේ 2021.06.08 වන දිනය. මානව හිමිකම් සංවිධානය සංස්ථාගත කිරීමේ පනත් කෙටුම්පත පෞද්ගකික මන්ත්රී පනත් කෙටුම්පතක් ලෙස පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද්දේ 2021.08.03 වන දිනය. කෝවිඩ් 19 පනත් කෙටුම්පතට එරෙහිව නීතීඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන මහතා ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ කරුණු […]
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Attorney General has sent indictments to the Chief Justice to constitute a Trial-at-Bar to hear the cases against 25 suspects indicted for conspiracy over the Easter Sunday attacks. The AG has requested the Chief Justice to hear and determine 23,270 charges filed under the prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) including […]
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Thursday, August 5th, 2021
Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, August 5 (Daily Mirror): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued an Interim Order suspending the operation of Prevention of Terrorism (De-radicalization from holding violent extremist religious ideology) Regulations No. 01 of 2021, which was published by way of a gazette notification on 12 March, 2021. This Interim Order will be effective until […]
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
මාධ්ය අංශය, වෛද්ය තිලක පද්මා සුබසිංහ අනුස්මරණ නීති අධ්යයන වැඩසටහන සිංහලෙන් නීතිය ඉගෙනගත් දැයේ දරුවන් රජය ගෙනෙන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා විරෝධී පනත් සිංහලෙන් නීති තර්ක ගෙන ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණයේ දී පරදවද්දී සිංහලෙන් නීතිය උගන්නන ගුරුවරුන්ට නීති විද්යාලයේ දොර වැහැව්වේ ඇයි? යන ප්රශ්නය ජනතාව හමුවේ ඇත. ඉහත ප්රශ්නය වැදගත් වන්නේ රජය විසින් 2021.06.08 දින පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ කොරෝනා පනත් […]
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
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 […]
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Friday, July 16th, 2021
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 […]
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Sunday, July 11th, 2021
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) […]
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Saturday, July 10th, 2021
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 […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
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 […]
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
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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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
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 […]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
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 […]
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Thursday, May 20th, 2021
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 […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
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 […]
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Monday, April 19th, 2021
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 […]
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Thursday, April 15th, 2021
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 […]
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
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 […]
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Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
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 […]
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Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
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 […]
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Friday, March 26th, 2021
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 […]
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Friday, March 19th, 2021
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, […]
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
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 […]
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