Public interest litigation - used or abused?

This concept was originated in India and the USA as litigation to protect public interest and group rights in the United States. Litigation for Group Rights is rare in Sri Lanka, though it is abundant in India, USA and UK. It was Justice J.N. Bhagwati and V.R. Krishna Iyer who initiated the trend in India which gave a ripple effect in Sri Lanka. Deatmtiows on “Taking Stats to Courts” led to the threat of contempt of court, and today PIL is no longer the fashion in India seeking remedies by “Public” when the public interest is at stake.

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Cultivating paddy - the SRI way

Sri Lanka was known to be a country self-sufficient in food as we had a good agricultural background. Fortunately everyone has realized about the value of agriculture for the development of the country. More than 70 percent of Sri Lankans earn their living from farming.

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IDPs in Sri Lanka: An eyewitness report

Exploring the realities

On July 10, 2009, I got to know that Dr Shermal Perera was travelling to Sri Lanka to visit the IDP camps in Vavuniya. I learnt that he intended to identify orphans and relocate them to an orphanage in Delgoda by the Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Sentul, Malaysia. Apparently, the orphanage was approximately 80 percent completed and could house about 200 orphans at full capacity.

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