Sri Lanka, April 29 -- The Court of Appeals ordered a petition filed seeking to invalidate the recent order issued by the Colombo District Court preventing Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe from functioning as the Acting Chairman of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), to be taken up for consideration on May 02.

This petition was filed by Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe.

On Wednesday (24), the Colombo District Court issued an injunction order preventing the appointment of Minister Wijeyadasa as the Acting Chairman of the SLFP.

The court has also issued an injunction order preventing MP Sarathie Dushmantha Mithrapala from functioning as the General Secretary of SLFP.

Meanwhile, the court issued another injunction preventing the imple...