The Supreme Court today took up three fundamental rights applications with regard to the issuance of liquor licenses.
The Petitioners had complained of alleged irregularities in the process of issuing such licenses. A bench comprising Justices Yasantha Kodagoda, PC, Janak de Silva and Arjuna Obeyesekere heard several Presidents counsel who appeared for the for Petitioners.
Deputy Solicitor General Kanishka de Silva Balapatabendi appearing for the State making extensive submissions stated that that all licenses have been in accordance with the applicable law and Regulations.
The Court after hearing the submissions of the Deputy Solicitor General while not granting to leave proceed fixed the matter for further support for 10th May 2024 and made an order that all licenses should continue to be granted in terms of the applicable law and regulations as submitted by the Deputy Solicitor General.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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