Contempt of Court charges against Prima Company

Violation of enjoining order:

Sandasen MARASINGHE

Colombo District Court yesterday served charges of contempt of Court to Sunil Lihiniyagoda a Director of Prima Ceylon Ltd for violating the enjoining order issued by the Colombo District Judge Sisira Ratnayake on September 16 that restrained the said company from acting as sponsor of Under 15 Sri Lanka School Cricket District Tournament.

The Court extended the enjoining order restraining Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association from permitting Prima Ceylon Limited and Prima Ceylon Agro Industries Limited to sponsor the under 15 District School Cricket Tournament until October 13.

Although the Court had issued notices on all the seven directors of the Prima Ceylon Limited only Sunil Lihiniyagoda appeared before the Court and he pleaded not guilty. S. Sivarasa PC appearing for Lihiniyagoda stated that the charge did not consist of the offence he committed.

Harsha Cabral PC submitted that the other directors had not been issued notices as they were residents of Singapore. The matter of contempt of Court will be taken before the Court on November 18. The Court on September 16 issued a restraining order on Asoka Senani Hewage, Udaya Kumara Premathilake, Dishan Priyantha de Silva President, Vice President and Secretary of Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association after Mascon Pvt Ltd filed a plaint claiming to permit the Prima Companies to sponsor the matches was in breach of rights of the plaintiff in relation to title sponsorship rights and sponsorship rights obtained through the memorandum of understanding with the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association on August 06 , 2008.