The Supreme Court today (Apr 02) lifted the interim injunction which suspended the issuing of internships for medical grauates.
A group of students from SAITM had moved court claiming that they were being deprived of medical internships since those opportunities were granted to students of the John Kotalawala Defence University and the Sri Lanka Medical College.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court had issued an interim order suspending the issuing of internships.
However, the Supreme Court judge bench of Justices Buwaneka Aluvihare, L.T.B. Dehideniya and Preethi Padman Surasena today lifted the interim injunction and announced that the case would be taken up for further hearing on May 09.
Health Services Director General Dr. Anil Jayasinghe, Health Secretary Wasantha Perera, Sri Lanka Medical Council and Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne have been named as respondents in the petition.
The petitioners claimed that their fundamental rights were being violated as they were deprived of being granted internships despite the Supreme Court and Appeal Court ruling that SAITM was a reggistered medical institute.
They also claimed that the Sri Lanka Medical Council had acted in contempt of court in this regard.
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.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
Leave Comments