The Supreme Court has determined that the “Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal)” Bill is not inconsistent with the Constitution and can be enacted by Parliament with a simple majority, Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne announced in Parliament this morning.
The Bill had been challenged in the Supreme Court in terms of Article 121 (1) of the Constitution.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court recently concluded hearings into several fundamental rights petitions that were filed challenging the proposed Bill. The Court's determination was then sent to the Speaker.
Former President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake was today remanded until February 11 by the Fort Magistrate in relation to the case where former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is alleged to have misused Rs. 16.6 million in state funds during a visit to the UK to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton.
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A group of fishermen yesterday claimed that they were assaulted by Indian Coastal guards while returning back to Sri Lanka.
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