The Labour Minister Mansuha Nayakakkara’s Gazette notification to increase daily wages of the plantation workers to Rs 1,700 has been put on hold by the Supreme Court today.
The Court issued an interim injunction on implementing the Gazette on the grounds that plantation companies too should be given a hearing about the possibility of making the payment.
Twenty one companies had sought the court intervention regarding the gazette notification claiming they were not consulted in the process of increasing the wages.
The order was issued by a three-member Supreme Court bench consisting of Justices Gamini Amarasekara, Kumuduni Wickramasinghe and Janak de Silva.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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