{"id":91079,"date":"2019-07-05T06:16:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=91079"},"modified":"2019-07-05T06:16:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:16:23","slug":"sc-issues-interim-order-against-carrying-out-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/07\/05\/sc-issues-interim-order-against-carrying-out-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"SC issues interim order against carrying out death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court has delivered an interim order preventing the implementation of the death penalty until the 30th of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order was delivered by a three-judge bench consisting of Supreme Court Justices Buwaneka Aluwihare, Prasanna Jayawardene and Gamini Amarasekara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dab \u0daf\u0dab\u0dca\u0da9\u0db1\u0dba \u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbd\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dc0 \u0d85\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc4\u0dd2\u0da7\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0d85\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4 \u0dad\u0dc4\u0db1\u0db8\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0ddd\u0d9c\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/beRFERAtgSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Twelve petitions filed with the Supreme Court against the implementation of the death penalty were taken up for consideration before the judge bench today (05).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President\u2019s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran, appearing on behalf of the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by Attorney-at-Law K.H. Geeganage, pointed out that imposing the death sentence on four selected death row inmates is a violation of Article 12 (1) of the Constitution which ensures that all persons are equal before the law and are entitled to the equal protection of the law.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PC Sumanthiran accordingly sought the Supreme Court to deliver an interim order preventing the implementation of the death penalty as it is a violation of fundamental rights ensured by the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, presenting submissions on behalf of the Attorney General, told the court that the death penalty is a punishment compliant with the Sri Lankan law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, the Deputy Solicitor General pointed out that implementing the death penalty does not violate any fundamental rights ensured by the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering the submissions, the Supreme Court ordered that the FR petitions filed against the death penalty would be taken up again on October 29th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court then delivered an interim order preventing the implementation of the death penalty until the 30th of October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has delivered an interim order preventing the implementation of the death penalty until the 30th of October. The order was delivered by a three-judge bench consisting of Supreme Court Justices Buwaneka Aluwihare, Prasanna Jayawardene and Gamini Amarasekara. 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