Law

Law & OrderShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionColombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis yesterday dismissed a request by the Keselwatta Police to halt a silent protest in front of the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.  However, in case of…

Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionOfficers of Negombo Special Crime Investigation Division have arrested a man who while posing as a gem businessman from Beruwala sold several stone shaped objects made of glass to a…

Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA Police officer who had a close relationship with a mentally retarded girl after promising to marry her was handed over   to the Karandeniya Police by her brother after he tried to…

Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print Edition  Two robbers, who tricked a businessman promising a stock of lubricant oil and diesel at a much lower price than the market price,  robbed him of Rs. two million and had fled on a…

Law & OrderAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionThe Police who brought six bald-headed youths who were behaving in a suspicious manner in front of the Kandy Clock Tower at around 1.00 am for questioning    yesterday has found out that…

Law & OrderNelka MedegederaTags: Print EditionThe Court of Appeal has ordered the acquittal of a person who was sentenced to death after a jury trial 14 years ago, for a murder that occurred in 1985 in the Akkaraipattu area.  The…

Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA Pakistani man who came to Sri Lanka has been arrested while he was staying at a hotel in Galle after Police had found he had swallowed many capsules filled with heroin before…

Law & OrderSiranjani KumariTags: Print EditionColombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis yesterday (30) ordered a Police Constable of the Jaffna Division Special Investigation Unit to be remanded until February 13, for allegedly accepting…

Law & OrderDilshan TharakaTags: Print EditionThe case filed against former UNP Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra for alleged involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender, was fixed for February 28 by the Colombo High…

Law & OrderShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe university student arrested and remanded for allegedly murdering his girlfriend with a sharp weapon at Race Course grounds in Colombo was ordered to be further remanded till February 13…