H. L. D. Mahindapala Judge C. G. Weeramantry, the senior most retired judge in the country with 65 years of legal experience behind him, has come forward , out of the blue, to address the current crisis facing the Sri Lankan judiciary by issuing a general message on the subject. His message calling upon “every […]

The Daily News Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was given a Rs 1.5 million discount on a house she purchased, an official allied to the Ceylinco group of companies (allied to the Golden Key company), testifying before the Parliamentary Select Committee stated on oath, PSC members told the media at the Editors’ breakfast meeting yesterday. They […]

Shenali Waduge Let’s first set something’s straight. Today the West enjoys coming up with theories and terminologies for how people of the world should function according to its formats. They issue blueprints for how nations should live. The West needs to be reminded that it was the West that began slavery, created white and non-white […]

The Daily News-Editorial It transpires, there is an official belonging to a private concern that had appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee investigating the conduct of the Chief Justice, who in sworn testimony, said that a 1.5 million discount was offered on a purchase of a house by the CJ, because the company felt that […]

By Charles.S.Perera Al Jazeera reported: “The country’s highest court holds exclusive jurisdiction on interpreting the constitution. Should the Court rule that the PSC process violates the constitution, the entire impeachment process will be rendered null and void “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” but if parliament insists on its supremacy “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” a constitutional crisis is inevitable. But concern is building. […]

The Daily News Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was not verbally abused by any member of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) but she came into the meetings with the preconceived plan of walking out of it, Chairman and Environment Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said at the Editors’ breakfast meeting with the President yesterday. She, from the […]

The Daily News The President and several PSC members said yesterday at the Editors’ breakfast meeting, that the Chief Justice is playing a political role with the backing of several Non Governmental Organizations and political parties, that was totally unbecoming of her position. PSC members said the people cannot expect impartiality and justice from her […]

Jayantha de Silva Courtesy The Daily News Attorney General Palitha Fernando yesterday contended before a three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court that the Court of Appeal in respect of hearing the applications in connection with the impeachment of Chief Justice Dr Shirani Bandaranayake should have sought the AG’s advise before reference to the Supreme […]

Ranjith Soysa The Senator LR was speaking in the Australian Senate supporting the separatist Tamil Tiger fronts recently when she mistakenly introduced maha veer day as the remembrance day for the ” Tamils all round the world”ƒ”š‚ whereas it is a day observedƒ”š‚  byƒ”š‚  the Tamil Tiger fronts and their followers to hark back to […]

Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 . Canada 12 December 2012 The Editor ƒ”š‚ FRONTLINE, India’s International Magazine from the publishers of THE HINDU ƒ”š‚ 859-860 Anna Salai, Chennai 600 002, India Sir: I read K.SATCHIDANANDAN’s column in your Volume 29-Issue 25: Dec. 15-28, 2012, which had this introduction: “ƒ”¹…”Sri Lankan […]