The Appeal Court today (Aug 5) ruled that the decision taken by former Northern chief minister C. V. Vigneswaran to remove former Northern provincial minister B. Deniwaran was unconstitutional.
The two-member judge bench comprising Justices Mahinda Samayawardena and Priyantha Fernando claimed that a chief minister does not have the authority to remove such individuals from office.
Court ruled that only the governor of a province has been vested with the authority to sack a provincial minister from office.
Deniswaran had filed a contempt of court case against Mr. Vigneswaran and two other provincial ministers by stating that they had failed to carry out an Appeal court order instructing to re-appoint him to office.
He had been removed from office as the Provincial Minister of Transport and Fisheries before the ministerial portfolios were handed over to provincial councillors Ananda Shashidaran and K. Sivanesan.
Shashidaran and Sivanesan were the other respondents in the case.
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.
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Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
Acting Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe, was appointed as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka a short while ago.
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