Sri Lanka, July 23 -- The Supreme Court, in a majority decision, today ruled Fundamental Rights have been violated through then Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe's orders to disperse the 'Aragalaya' protestors from Galle Face on 17 July 2022, by resorting to Emergency Regulations under the Public Security Act.
The majority of the judges on the three-member bench held that the Emergency Regulations promulgated by the then Acting President under Section 2 of the Public Security Act were arbitrary, and therefore, invalid.
Chief Justice Murdu Fernando and Justice Yasantha Kodagoda delivered the majority verdict.
However, Justice Arjuna Obeysekara, also a member of the bench, in his separate judgment, stated that the declaration of Emer...
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