Former Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena has acknowledged a procedural error in the granting of a presidential pardon to Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero, saying the relevant documents were not submitted to the
Before the end of his term, President Maithripala Sirisena appointed a Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) on 21 September 2019, headed by Supreme Court Justice Janak de Silva, following a request by
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“Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and writer In the first instance,
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On 27 July 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal to raise the retirement age of judges at every level of Sri Lanka’s judiciary by two years — Supreme Court judges
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Lal Wijenayake is the first citizen to come out against the National People’s Power government. He came out against not just any government, but a government with a two-thirds majority. And a
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The debate over extending the retirement age of Sri Lankan judges—from 65 to 67 in the Supreme Court, from 63 to 65 in the Court of Appeal, and by two years in
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by Durga Velayudham “Justice should not only be done, but should manifestly and undoubtedly be seen to be done.” — Gordon Hewart The question confronting Sri Lanka extends far beyond whether criminal
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The Sri Lankan government argues that one immediate strategy to make some reduction in the massive court case backlog, is by utilizing the expertise of senior legal minds serving as judges now
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Just hours before the NPP Cabinet formally approved the controversial constitutional amendment, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) received an unexpected boost when Lal Wijenayake, a member of both the NPP
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A former JPMorgan Chase banker has expanded his lawsuit against the United States’ largest bank, filing an amended complaint that adds new defendants and fresh allegations of racial discrimination, sexual coercion and
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A significant ruling by the Civil Appellate High Court of the Western Province, sitting in Colombo, has established an important judicial precedent in Sri Lanka’s property sector by ordering a developer to
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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has approved legislation that would automatically hold children aged 14 and over criminally responsible, reversing the previous presumption of diminished responsibility for minors. The proposal, aimed at
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The Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court has voted to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct, marking the first dismissal of a chief prosecutor in
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A Sri Lankan court has directed police authorities to ensure that Chinese nationals brought before the judiciary are accompanied by a suitable language interpreter, following disruptions to court proceedings caused by the
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Editorial If there is a single sentence that captures the gravity of Sri Lanka’s latest public finance scandal, it is buried not in a political speech or parliamentary debate, but in the
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A high-level delegation representing the European Union and several of its member states visited the Chemmani mass grave excavation site on Wednesday to observe the ongoing court-supervised excavation process, following the recent
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