At least four Indian fishermen were arrested along with a fishing trawler belonging to them for poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters yesterday, the Navy said.
The group of Indian fishermen had been fishing in Sri Lankan territorial waters by the time when the apprehension was made by Navy personnel attached to Northern Command. The apprehended fishers and their trawler being subsequently handed over to a craft of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard and afterwards the suspects were escorted to the naval base SLNS ‘Elara’.
These fishermen are expected to be handed over to the Assistant Director of Fisheries in Jaffna for onward action, after a medical examination.
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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