Businessman C.D. Lenawa who sought a Supreme court order to delay holding Presidential elections has been ordered by courts to pay Rs 100,000 as cost after dismissing his Fundamental Rights petition.
Mr Lenawa who claimed that he came to courts on his own initiative has been given a months time to pay the legal cost.
The Supreme Court five-judge-bench comprising Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Justice Vijith Malalgoda, Justice Murdu Fernando, Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justice S. Thurairaja dismissed the petition on the grounds that there was no merit to take it up.
The Attorney General’s Department took up the position that there was no dispute of the term of the President and that it was five years.
However, the petitioner had sought an interim order delaying the Presidential elections on the grounds that there was dispute whether the President’s term was five or six years.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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