The Appeal Court today (Feb 21) ordered that the contempt of court case filed against former Northern Chief Minister C V Vigneswaran and three others would be heard on May 23 and 31.
On an earlier occasion, preliminary objections that were filed by the defendants in the case claiming that the Court of Appeal did not have the jurisdiction to hear cases pertaining to contempt of court, were dismissed by the Appeal Court itself.
Former Northern provincial councillors Ananda Sasidaran and K. Sivanesan were the other individuals who were named as the accused in the case filed by former Northern provincial councillor B. Deniswaran.
Mr. Deniswaran, in his complaint had claimed that Mr. Vigneswaran had violated the interim order issued on his removal from the post of Provincial Council Minister of Fisheries and Transport.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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