Court Decision
Jan 02, 2013 (LBO) - Sri Lanka highest court has declared that a parliamentary committee has no legal authority to determine the guilt of the island's chief …
Legal
Organized Crime
COLOMBO (AFP) ” Police in Sri Lanka have arrested 100 Chinese nationals for an online currency fraud scam in a string of night-time raids in and around the …
Lawyer Resolution
Dec 16, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's main lawyers association has asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to reconsider an impeachment against the Chief Justice or …
Fair Trial
Dec 16, 2012 (LBO) - An association representing Sri Lanka's judicial officers have called for an independent tribunal to probe impeachment charges against …
Second Opinion
Dec 13, 2012 (LBO) - A proposed committee to examine a report by a parliamentary committee involving the impeachment of Sri Lanka's Chief Justice will be made …
Sad Employers
Dec 11, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Employer's Federal of Ceylon (EFC) an industry body representing large firms said it was disappointed over a delay in two key …
Decision
Dec 08, 2012 (LBO) - A parliamentary committee from which opposition members walked out, has found Sri Lanka's chief guilty of three out of five main charges …
Impeachment
Colombo, (AFP) - Sri Lanka's first woman chief justice faced the threat of dismissal from office after a parliamentary panel on Saturday found her guilty of …
Probe Call
COLOMBO, Dec 9, 2012 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's main opposition party asked the Commonwealth Sunday to investigate the impeachment of the country's chief justice in …
Walkout
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake has walked out of a parliamentary committee with her lawyers saying she had been denied …
Label
COLOMBO, Dec 7, 2012 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's top judge Shirani Bandaranayake stormed out of her impeachment hearing after government lawmakers called her a "mad …
Property Rights
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - World Bank group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, which provides political risk cover for foreign investors, said expropriation …
Statement
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has called for "mutual respect and trust between the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary" in …
Why
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - Lawyers for Sri Lanka's chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake has explained why she walked out, after she was called names, was not allowed …
Fair Trial
Dec 07, 2012 (LBO) - The United States embassy in Colombo expressed concern about Sri Lanka's judiciary and urged that the island's chief justice who is being …
Excessive Trading
Dec 02, 2012 (LBO) - A Sri Lankan stock broking firm has compensated a client who complained to the Colombo Stock Exchange alleging unauthorized trading which …
Flawed Process
Nov 21, 2012 (LBO) - Friday Forum, a citizen group said impeachment proceedings launched against Sri Lanka's chief justice was "deeply flawed" and is perceived …
Denial
Nov 09, 2012 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's chief justice has denied charges in an impeachment motion in parliament, giving details over allegations of undeclared assets …
Impeachment
Nov 07, 2012 (LBO) - Charges made public against Sri Lanka's chief justice in an impeachment motion signed by more than a 100 ruling coalition parliamentarians …
Heist Fine
COLOMBO, Nov 5, 2012 (AFP) - A Chinese man who swallowed a fake stone in a daring bluff that allowed an accomplice to get away with a real diamond pleaded …