Supreme
Court defers news editor’s transfer
A case filed by an SLBC news editor against the management, seeking
a postponement of his transfer was dismissed without costs. The
judgment was delivered by the Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices
Shirani Bandaranayake, H.S.Yapa and C.N.Jayasinghe.
Sunil
Badaranayake, of the "Rajarata Sevaya", Anuradhapura claimed
he had been transferred without any valid reason. He was said to
be an active member of the UNP-affiliated JSS branch. The Court
directed that the management should not transfer him until December
31. |