Sri Lanka, May 20 -- The Court of Appeal today (20) dismissed a contempt of court case filed against the Director General of Sports over his alleged failure to conduct elections for Sri Lanka Rugby, as per an agreement previously reached before the Colombo District Court.

Delivering its order, the Appeals Court-comprising Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohamed Lafar Tahir and Justice Priyantha Fernando-also instructed the withdrawal of the contempt charges against the Director General.

The decision was announced following submissions made by Additional Solicitor General Sumathi Dharmawardena, who appeared on behalf of the Attorney General.

Dharmawardena argued that the petitioner had secured the contempt notice based o...