The Supreme Court (SC) has determined that the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill which decriminalises homosexuality is not inconsistant with the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced in Parliament today.
Accordingly, the bill can be passed with a simple majority in Parliament and will not require a 2/3 majority or a referendum.
The bill was tabled in Parliament as a private member's bill by Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Premanath C. Dolawatte. It was subsequently challenged in the SC by several petitioners and the SC after concluding hearings into the petitions, sent its determination to the Speaker.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has interdicted Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
Gazette on new speed limit regulations to be issued within two weeks
Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
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