Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- The Supreme Court today (15) granted permission to hear an appeal petition filed by the parents of 11 youth who were allegedly abducted and disappeared in 2008 from Colombo and surrounding areas.

The petition requests that the decision made by the Attorney General to remove former Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda-who had been named as a suspect in the case-be declared invalid.

The order was issued after a lengthy consideration by a bench of the Supreme Court consisting of Justices Arjuna Obeyesekere and Sampath Wijeratne.

The Court has scheduled the hearing of the appeal petition for January 30.

According to the petitioners, in 2008, 11 youth from Colombo and nearby areas...