Law

The Attorney General’s Department yesterday informed the Court of Appeal that the charges against former Navy Commander and Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda over the abduction of 11 youth would not be moved forward. Senior…

The Attorney General yesterday requested the Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar to proceed the case in absentia of Former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran and Perpetual Treasuries Former Director Ajahn Gardiye Punchihewa in…

The Wattala Magistrate’s Court yesterday ordered to remand the four Lak Sathosa officers who were arrested on Monday on charges of aiding and abetting in the alleged garlic fraud at Lak Sathosa, till October 14. The Assistant…

The Supreme Court has granted approval to consider the Fundamental Rights (FR) petition filed by former Governor of the Western Province Azath Salley. The FR petition will be taken up for consideration on October 15 before  Chief…

Special Task Force (STF) personnel recently nabbed a suspect with a stock of counterfeit cigarettes worth over Rs. 750,000 from a house in Old York Street on a tip off. STF Commandant DIG Waruna Jayasundera led the raid . The suspect…

A man was arrested with 35,923 kilos of refuse tea in the Eli House area in Modara on Monday (07). The arrested suspect is a 57 year old man. The suspect has been handed over to the Modara Police Station for further…

The Attorney General on Thursday (07) requested the Court of Appeal to dismiss, without hearing the Writ Petition filed by former Southern Province (SP) Rajitha Keerthi Tennakoon against the appointment of former Finance State Minister…

The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Attorney General to direct the Anuradhapura Prison Superintendent and the Prisons Commissioner General to ensure the safety of the eight inmates at the Anuradhapura Prison. These inmates…

The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday served indictments on 24 accused including Nawfer Moulavi in connection with Easter Sunday Sunday Terror Attacks that took place on April 21, 2019. The case was taken up before the…

Two persons who used a five-year-old child to smuggle drugs to customers have been arrested by the Western Province Police Intelligence Unit. The two persons who distributed heroin from Grandpass to Kurunegala area had used the child…