Category: Legal

Oct 14, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank has warned the public against persons claiming to have been authorized to sell gold belonging to the monetary authority, saying it is a scam. “The relevant authorities are now investigating these scams and steps will be taken by them to trace, identify and take the necessary […]

Oct 14, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had withdrawn charges of market manipulation case and issued a reprimand to a company director on the advice of the attorney general. The SEC withdrew charges against Mr. Harshith Dharmadasa subject to a severe reprimand with the sanction of Court recently […]

September 27, 2009 (AFP) – The Sri Lankan government said on Sunday it would study the United States’ treatment of suspected Islamic militants to learn how to deal with thousands of alleged former Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka’s attorney general Mohan Peiris was set to arrive in Washington on Monday for talks with his US […]

Sept 24, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has allowed the island’s former Treasury Secretary to return to public service from which he was ousted by court, lawyers said.In 2008 a three judge bench headed by former Chief Justice Sarath Silva faulted Jayasundara over the privatization of a ship fuel or bunkering monopoly.Former Treasury […]

Sept 23, 2009 (LBO) – The Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) has filed charges against two senior executives of Singalanka Standard Chemicals for falsifying accounts and forging auditors’ signatures.They had committed an offence under section 51(1) (b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act, the statement said.Singalanka Standard Chemicals said in a […]

Sept 18, 2009 (LBO) – The 28th LBR-LBO chief executive forum debated the economic impact of public interest litigation, with a four member panel made up of legal and private sector representatives. Presentations were made by Rohan Samarajiva, head of LirneAsia, a think tank and a former telecom regulator, Preethi Jayawardena chief executive of Chemanex, […]

Sept 18, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s private sector should have been more forceful in challenging a chief judge seen as brilliant but dominating whose judgments raised questions about the process of public interest litigation, a public forum was told. Affected businesses could have asked for immediate reviews of what they considered bad decisions of […]

OTTAWA, September 2, 2009 (AFP) – Canada is “deeply concerned” by Sri Lanka’s sentencing of a journalist to 20 years of hard labor, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Wednesday. “The government of Canada is deeply concerned by the sentencing of J.S. Tissainayagam to 20 years in prison for violating Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism […]

WASHINGTON, August 31, 2009 (AFP) – The United States criticized Sri Lanka Monday for sentencing to 20 years in prison a Tamil reporter whose case has been highlighted by US President Barack Obama. “We were disappointed to learn of the verdict and the severity of the sentence,” State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said after […]

GENEVA, August 28, 2009 (AFP) – A United Nations expert on Friday urged the Sri Lankan government to set up an independent probe into the authencity of a video clip aired in Britain allegedly showing Sri Lankan troops executing prisoners. Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said Colombo had […]

Aug 27, 2009 (LBO) – A case where Sri Lanka’s former Treasury Secretary is seeking permission to return to public service from which he was ousted by court, will be taken up before an expanded bench, lawyers said. Gamini Amaratunga, a serving judge was a part of the bench that delivered the original judgement on […]

Aug 16, 2009 (LBO) – The directors of two failed property firm in Sri Lanka’s troubled Ceylinco group has been given court nod to have a board meeting in prison to approve the setting up of a trust to repay investors, a media report said. Directors of F & G Property Developer (Pvt) Ltd, and […]