Law

A Fundamental Rights petition seeking an Interim Order prohibiting the Treasury Secretary from selling, leasing, or alienating state properties vested in Selendiva Investments Limited Company or any of its subsidiaries was yesterday…

Four persons including the father of a 13-year-old girl have been arrested over sexually abusing the girl. Police Media Spokesperson Senior DIG Ajith Rohana said arrests have been made for sexually abusing an underaged girl by 10…

The Mount Lavinia District Court has issued an Enjoining Order preventing a wife from collecting data, documents, text messages or any other information stored on her husband’s computer using any surveillance devices. This…

The Ceylon Teacher’s Union yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights petition in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that attempts by police and Health Authorities to prevent protests using Quarantine Regulations violate people’s…

The Attorney General yesterday gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Harin Fernando will not be arrested until September 1, in connection with the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks.…

A woman identified as ‘Kudu Noni’ has been arrested for distributing heroin around the country using courier services. The Police said that the 49-year-old woman is a resident of Slave Island. The Police said a tip-off had been…

A writ petition filed by 95 pensioners including the former Pensions Director General challenging government’s the decision to suspend the increments for pensioners who retired during the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31,…

A Fundamental Rights petition was filed in the Supreme Court yesterday seeking a declaration that UNP leader Ranil Wickremasinghe and Rev. Athuraliye Rathana Thera are disqualified and not entitled to be Members of Parliament of the…

The Police have so far arrested 41 for the sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old girl on charges of child sex trafficking, child abuse, statutory rape and aiding in the crimes, the Police Headquarters said in a statement. The…

Police Media Spokesperson SDIG Ajith Rohana stated that the Terrorism Investigation Department has arrested an individual who was at the Mulliyaweli Quarantine Centre on charges of promoting the LTTE. SDIG Rohana said the suspect…