Appeal Court suspends full-face helmet ban
View(s):The Appeal Court on Thursday suspended a ban – due to be enforced on April 2 – on full-face helmets used by motorcyclists pending an inquiry by court.
The order came after the Government decided to enforce the ban after earlier suspending it. Over the weekend 100s of motor cycle riders – brought together through a social media campaign – launched a protest against the ban.
The helmet ban is aimed at preventing bank robberies after robbers walked in with full-face helmets to prevent identification at a few banks and got away with millions of rupees.
On Thursday morning police said they had begun issuing warnings to riders and planned to enforce the ban later. But later on Thursday afternoon, following a petition filed by Chanaka Dissanayake, a chartered accountant, the Appeal Court suspended the ban until April 27 when the case will be taken up for hearing.
