District Judge interdicted

Delays in Court hearings, Judgments:

Other complaints investigated:

Wasantha RAMANAYAKE

The Judicial Services Commission (JSC) yesterday interdicted Kandy Additional District Judge Rohan Jayawardane with immediate effect, a JSC official told the Daily News.

He was interdicted after an inquiry conducted by Supreme Court Judge Justice S.I. Imam and JSC Deputy Secretary Manjula Thilakaratne, the official said.

They inquired into the complaints of lawyers and litigants regarding undue delays in case proceedings and delivery of judgments. The inquiry was conducted on an order by Chief Justice Asoka De Silva, the official said.

The official stressed that the JSC would conduct inquiries into the several other complaints regarding certain other judges and take necessary steps accordingly.

He said that the Matale Magistrate had been earlier interdicted after an inquiry on several allegations including arbitrarily taking leave without appointing an acting judge and delivering judgments sans legal reasoning that would prevent litigants from appealing.