Penalized judges call on President

A group of judges who were penalized during the time of former Chief Justice Sarath N Silva who was in office between 1999-2009, called on President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees and explained the injustices meted out to them.

They said that 42 senior judges who rendered a remarkable service to the judiciary of the country were subject to victimization and many judges committed suicide. They said that some of the judges have become ill due to the shock suffered during this period. These judges made a request to President Mahinda Rajapaksa to look into this issue and mete out justice to them.

Parliamentarian Janaka Bandara showed an article which appeared in Ravaya newspaper relating to former Chief Justice Sarath Nanda Silva on this occasion. Bandara stressed the importance of probing the charges published in the articles and other charges involving the former Chief Justice. External Affairs Minister Prof G L Peiris, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and 14 judges who faced injustice during this period were present.