Sri Lanka, Sept. 29 -- Attorney General Dappula de Livera today (29) informed the Supreme Court that the Government has decided to add several amendments to the draft of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution during the committee stage.

He informed this when the petitions challenging the draft bill of the 20th Amendment, which was tabled in Parliament by the Government, was taken up for consideration before a five-member Supreme Court judge bench this morning.

Several of these amendments that are to be made at the committee stage have already been submitted to the court through a motion, the Attorney General notified the judge bench.

The attorneys representing the petitioners then sought the Supreme Court to provide them with the relev...