Sri Lanka, March 27 -- Colombo, March 27 () - The Commissioner General of Land, Bandula Jayasinghe yesterday challenged an indictment filed by the Bribery Commission against him on the premise that no Director General has been appointed thus far by the President.

When the writ application was taken up for support in the Supreme Court, Counsel Hafeel Farisz appearing for the Commissioner General told court that there was no Director General currently enforced by the Bribery Commission under the Anti-Corruption Act.

Counsel submitted to court that the Anti-Corruption Act completely repealed the previous law and there was no provision for the continuation of the office of the Director General.

He further stated that the person acting as t...