The Supreme Court (SC) today granted leave to proceed in a Fundamental Rights (FR) application filed by former Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. The court also granted an interim relief by ordering not to arrest Mr. Rajapaksa until his FR petition concluded. Earlier the SC Judge Buwanaka Aluhuvihare withdrawed from the bench on personal grounds. The petition was heard by bench comprising Justices Eva Wanasundera, Sisira De Abrew and Buwaneka Aluwihare. The petition will be taken up again for hearing on r hearing again on October 06. Mr. Rajapaksa on Monday filed a FR application challenging the legality of establishing the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) and seeking an interim order preventing his arrest.
Customs have detected 228 mobile phones and tabs valued at over Rs 30 million left behind in the duty free shopping complex at the Banaranaike International Airport today, Customs officials said.
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