The Attorney General has requested the Chief Justice to appoint a three-member High Court judge bench to hear the 2012 Welikada prison riots case.
Charges have been levelled against Police Narcotics Bureau Inspector Neomal Rangajeewa, former Prisons Superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewa, and prisons officer Indika Sampath, over the case.
They have been accused of killing 27 inmates inside the Welikada Prison in 2012. At present, the case is being heard at the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court.
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
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
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