SC issues notices on former CJ, MPs

Jayantha de Silva

Former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake and two other parliamentarians have been issued with notices by the Supreme Court yesterday which also granted special leave to appeal against the quashing of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) findings which found the former CJ guilty of misconduct while in office.

This is sequel to an application filed by Attorney General Palitha Fernando seeking to set aside the Court of Appeal judgment to quash the PSC findings.

The Bench constituted of Justice Eva Wanasundera, Justice Salem Marsook and Justice Sathya Hettige. The application cited the former CJ and two parliamentarians Vijitha Herath and R. Sampanthan as respondents.

The AG in the role of amicus curiae submitted that not only the AG but but any litigant can come before the court. It is a bad precedent the court over ruling the PSC findings.