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.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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