Sri Lanka, Sept. 30 -- The Court of Appeal today (30) ordered Sri Lanka Customs to investigate and report to court by October 10, whether the vehicles currently being detained by Customs can be released on a corporate or personal bond.

This directive was issued during the hearing of approximately 15 writ petitions filed by vehicle importers seeking an order to release vehicles currently held by Sri Lanka Customs.

The petitions were heard before a bench comprising Court of Appeal President Justice Rohantha Abeysuriya and Justice Priyantha Fernando.

During the hearing, counsel representing the petitioners submitted that the decision by Sri Lanka Customs to detain the imported vehicles was entirely unlawful.

The counsels further argued t...