Sri Lanka, Nov. 19 -- The Supreme Court yesterday (18) granted leave to proceed with two Fundamental Rights petitions, including one filed by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL), in relation to the tragic ragging and subsequent suicide of 23-year-old Charith Dilshan Dayananda, a second-year student of the Faculty of Technology at the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka.

A two-judge bench comprising Justice Yasantha Kodagoda and Justice Janak de Silva granted leave to proceed, noting that the petitioners had established a prima facie case of a violation of Article 12(1) of the Constitution.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court issued eleven interim orders, including a directive to the IGP and the Attorney General to submit a report on the i...