Category: Legal

Jan 09, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has deplored the beheading of a maid in Saudi Arabia after she was convicted of killing an infant under her care when she was still a minor. Rights group called for clemency as the Rizana Nafeek did not have legal representation at the time of her trial. The […]

Jan 08, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s court of appeal has quashed the findings of a parliamentary committee against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake where lawyers said she was not accorded due process and principles of natural justice. Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has earlier said the parliamentary committee was unconstitutional. Sri Lanka’s Parliament is due to […]

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 justice in a controversial impeachment process that has drawn widespread condemnation.Sri Lanka Court of Appeal read out the decision of the Supreme Court after the legality of the […]

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 capital Colombo, according to officials. The arrests come as China has been investing heavily in the tropical island nation as it enlarges its presence in South Asia. […]

Dec 16, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s main lawyers association has asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to reconsider an impeachment against the Chief Justice or ensure that a fair trial complying to rules of natural justice is followed. The Bar Association of Sri Lanka had adopted the resolution amid protests from those backing the administration with […]

Dec 16, 2012 (LBO) – An association representing Sri Lanka’s judicial officers have called for an independent tribunal to probe impeachment charges against chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake to ensure a fair trial. The chief justice walked out of the proceedings saying she was insulted by members of a ruling party dominated parliamentary select committee (PSC) […]

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 up of independent experts, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. President Rajapaksa told editors of media institutions Monday that such a committee was not mandated by the constitution but will […]

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 labour law reforms that were agreed upon earlier. The EFC has been making representations through the National Labour Advisory Council, a body representing the state, unions and […]

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 made in a motion signed by ruling party legislators. Parliament is expected to hold a 10-day debate over issue. Reports said given the gravity of charge on which […]

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 three accusations of professional misconduct. The charges against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake have raised international concerns that the government is trying to control the judiciary after crushing Tamil rebels […]

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 what it called a breach of the bloc’s democratic values. Opposition spokesman and former foreign minister Mangala Samaraweera urged the group’s secretary general Kamelesh Sharma to order his disciplinary body, […]

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 due process, in the latest twist in a controversial impeachment process. Leaked reports showed that her lawyers had denied charges in an impeachment motion. An impeachment motion was launched […]