Law

Former MP Hirunika Premachandra has filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the Presidential Pardon given to former MP Duminda Silva is unconstitutional. In her petition, Hirunika…

Two teams have been deployed to record statements and circumstantial evidence from the related parties over the death of a 16-year-old girl who died of burn injuries while working as a domestic maid at the residence of MP Rishad…

The Attorney General yesterday sought further time to file objections against the revision application filed by former Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Saruwa Liyanage Sunil. Accordingly, Court of Appeal two-judge-Bench…

The Panadura Central Anti-Vice and Corruption Bureau busted a large-scale illicit liquor den located close to the Bolgoda Reservoir yesterday, Police said. Four gas stoves, five tanks, four copper coils and distilling equipment…

The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday ordered the Central Bank Bond Scam case to proceed in the absence of former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran and Ajahan Gardiya Punchihewa, who are currently in hiding abroad. The…

The Police in a special operation on Saturday night arrested 3,009 suspects over various illegal activities, Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith Rohana said. He said about 14,700 Police officers took part in the operation along with 52…

The Borella Police yesterday summoned the person, who brought the 16-year-old girl from Dayagama to the residence of ex-Minister and Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Rishad Bathiudeen, to record a statement. Police Spokesman SDIG Ajith…

Moratuwa Police arrested a woman who had withdrawn over Rs. 130,000 using an ATM card of a businessman recently. The suspect (43) is a resident of Wilegoda, Kalutara North, Police said. A businessman of Moratuwa had lodged a…

Ceylon Teachers Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights application in the Supreme Court, requesting a declaration that attempts by police and health authorities to prevent protests by enforcing…

The Supreme Court has awarded a widow one million rupees as compensation for torture leading to the death of her husband by five Police Officers attached to the Peliyagoda Police Station in 2017. The presiding judge, Justice…