Sri Lanka, Feb. 13 -- The Attorney General informed the Supreme Court today (13) that all measures have been taken to recover arrears of excise duty from alcohol manufacturing companies that have defaulted on payments.

Additional Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, appearing for the Attorney General, made this announcement during a Fundamental Rights petition filed by social activist Sanjaya Mahawatte, seeking an order to recover excise duty arrears from defaulting alcohol manufacturers.

The petition was heard by a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, Justice Kumuduni Wickramasinghe, and Justice Sampath Wijeratne, Ada Derana reporter said.

President's Counsel Saliya Peiris, representing the petitioner, told th...