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FR Petition over CC rejecting Ranil’s nominee to SC dismissed
The Supreme Court today dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition that claimed that a Constitutional Council decision to reject a proposal made by former -President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint Court of President, Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne as a Supreme Court Judge was a violation of the petitioner’s right.
The Court also ordered the petitioner Sarith Pathirathne, a lawyer from Veyangoda, to pay legal cost of Rs 500,000 each to three civil members in the Constitutional Council and another Rs 500,000 as cost to the state.
A period of two months were given to pay the cost amounting to Rs 2 million.
The petition was taken by a bench comprising of Justices Preethi Padman Surasena, Achala Wengappuli and Mahinda Samayawardhena.
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