The Attorney General (AG) today (Jun 7) requested the Chief Justice (CJ) to appoint a three-member judge bench to hear the central bank bond scam case.
A charge sheet comprising 23 charges against the suspects involved in the bond scam which took place on February 27, 2015 has been prepared by the AG.
Accordingly, permission has been sought from the Chief Justice to submit the charge sheet against the suspects at the Special High Court, co-ordinating officer to the AG, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne said.
The suspects will be charged under Section 5 (1) of the Public Property Act for illegally selling treasury bonds worth Rs 10,058 billion and causing Rs 688,762,100 in losses.
Former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, Arjun Aloysius, Paththinige Samarasiri, Kasun Palisena, Geoffrey Aloysius, Pushyamithra Gunawardena, Ranjan Hulugalle, Muthuraja Surendran, Gardiye Punchihewa, and Perpetual Tresuries Ltd.have been named as the accused in the case.
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.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted policy approval to change the wording “exceeding six years” in paragraph (b) of Article 83 of the Constitution to “exceeding five years” with reference to the President’s tenure.
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