Sri Lanka, June 2 -- The Supreme Court today (02) ordered that a fundamental rights petition filed naming former Minister A. H. M. Fowzie as a respondent be taken up for consideration on November 4.

The petition seeks a ruling that former Minister A.H.M. Fowzie violated the fundamental human rights of the public by using a luxury jeep, donated by the government of the Netherlands, for his personal use during his tenure as the Minister of Disaster Management.

The fundamental rights petition has been filed by former Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Chandra Jayaratne.

The case was called before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising Justices S. Thurairaja, Menaka Wijesundara, and Sampath B. Abeykoon.

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