Human Rights cases before Court of Appeal

Irangika Range, Sandasen Marasinghe and Disna Mudalige

The Government plans to amend the law to allow human rights cases to be brought before the Court of Appeal, said Justice Minister Athauda Seneviratne at Parliament yesterday.

According to the present law such cases can only be filed in the Supreme Court.

This Amendment will allow people to appeal again in the Supreme Court, challenging judgements given by the Court of Appeal.

The Minister noted these facts when he introduced amendments to the Judicature Act. The number of High Court judges were increased from 60 to 75 through these amendments.

He also said that this decision was taken to solve the problem of case delays.