Sri Lanka, June 2 -- The Court of Appeal today (June 2) issued an interim injunction suspending the implementation of a notice issued by the Colombo Magistrate's Court, which had directed officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) to appear before the Magistrate's Court tomorrow (June 3).

The Magistrate's notice had been issued in connection with the commission's summoning of a lawyer to provide a statement.

The interim order is effective until July 23 and was issued after considering a petition filed by the CIABOC.

The order was delivered by a bench comprising the Acting President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Mohamed Lafar Tahir, and Justice Priyantha Fernando.

Appearing for the Commiss...