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Court bars YouTuber 'Sudaa' from defaming Diyawadana Nilame

Sri Lanka, July 16 -- The Colombo District Court issued an enjoining order restraining YouTuber Sudantha Thilakasiri, also known as "Sudaa," and another individual from publishing defamatory statement... Read More


Writ petition challenging Commissioner Sarangika's conduct at Seethawaka PS dismissed

Sri Lanka, July 14 -- A writ petition filed seeking an interim order to prevent the respondents, including Western Province Local Government Commissioner Sarangika Jayasundara, from conducting a secre... Read More


Right to Information laws are crucial for combating corruption - CA

Sri Lanka, July 8 -- In another judgment broadening the scope of the applicability of the Right to Information Act, the Court of Appeal recently held that, in the modern era, Right to Information laws... Read More


Presidential Secretariat declines to disclose names of media division officials under RTI

Sri Lanka, July 8 -- The Presidential Secretariat has informed social activist Anuruddha Bandara that the names of officials attached to the Presidential Media Division cannot be disclosed. In a lett... Read More


Corrine Almeida obtains injunction against Romaine Willis and DJ Mass on song ''Eh Yaye''

Sri Lanka, July 1 -- The Colombo Commercial High Court has issued an interim injunction, restraining popular artistes Romaine Willis and Mass Ramli Miskin alias DJ Mass from performing, reproducing an... Read More


Supreme Court suspends recent gazette on Northern Province land

Sri Lanka, June 27 -- The Supreme Court today issued an interim order suspending the operation of the Gazette notification issued in respect of 5,941 acres of lands in the Northern Province. The gov... Read More


Solar power generators challenge tariff reduction before court

Sri Lanka, June 25 -- A group of solar power generators has filed a writ petition before the Court of Appeal challenging the government's decision to reduce the tariff paid per unit of electricity gen... Read More


CA to proceed with writ petition against construction of new roads through Sinharaja forest

Sri Lanka, June 21 -- The Court of Appeal yesterday decided to proceed with the writ petition filed challenging the construction of reservoirs and roads within the Sinharaja Forest Reserve during form... Read More


Supreme Court to hear BASL petition seeking action against university ragging

Sri Lanka, June 18 -- A Fundamental Rights petition filed by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), seeking the Supreme Court's intervention to prevent ragging in Sri Lanka's universities, was today... Read More


SC orders NIC recognition for Buddhist Bhikkhuni, citing violation of fundamental rights

Sri Lanka, June 17 -- In a landmark judgement upholding the right to equal treatment, the Supreme Court, by majority decision yesterday, issued an order directing the Commissioner General of the Depar... Read More