Sri Lanka, Nov. 18 -- The Supreme Court has dismissed, without taking up for hearing, a fundamental rights petition filed by Venerable Thiniyawala Palitha Thero against a group including former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) Ajith Nivard Cabraal.

Ven. Thiniyawala Palitha Thero had filed the petition alleging that the former Central Bank Governor and several others had violated fundamental rights by authorizing a payment of Rs. 6.5 million from funds of the Sri Lankan government to Imaad Zuberi, a Pakistani-American political donor.

The petitioner claimed that the payment, made during the previous regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa, was intended to enhance the image of Sri Lanka.

The bench, comprising Chief Justice Preethi Pa...