Sri Lanka, March 29 -- Two Supreme Court judges have recused themselves from hearing an appeal filed relating to former Navy Commander Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda.

When the matter came before a Supreme Court three-judge bench, Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz and Justice Priyantha Fernando announced that they would refrain from hearing this matter. Justice Nawaz informed that he would refrain from hearing this matter since he was a member of the bench relating to the original writ application, while he was serving as a judge in the Court of Appeal.

This matter was called before the Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justices A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Janak de Silva and Priyantha Fernando. The appeal was fixed for hearing on September ...