The Attorney General (AG) department informed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that the department premise has been closed after a security officer was tested positive for COVID-19. Accordingly, all officers have been informed to refrain from entering the premises until further notice. The JSC was urged to consider postponement of cases where the State is party to a suitable date in order for State Counsel to appear in courts.
In a letter to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Additional Solicitor General Sumathi Dharmawardena, P.C. said the AG department has been closed until further notice and the SIS has been informed to conduct necessary investigations with regard to contact tracing.
“You will understand that officers of the Attorney General’s Dept. will not be in a position to enter the Department and retrieve their files in order to prepare for their cases and appear in courts,” ASG Dharmawardena said while indicating difficulties for State Counsels in appearing for cases.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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