Sri Lanka, Sept. 5 -- The Colombo High Court was Thursday ordered to stay the proceedings of the case filed against Avant Garde Chairman Nissanka Yapa Senadhipathi and Major General Palitha Fernando in the Avant Garde bribery case due to an Interim Order issued by the Court Of Appeal.

At a previous occasion, the defence had filed preliminary objections before the court, which was dismissed by the Colombo High Court and fixed a date for further trial.

Accordingly, a writ petition was filed before the Court of Appeal by the defence challenging the Colombo High Court's order to reject the preliminary objections raised by them. After considering the petition, the Court of Appeal had issued an Interim Order staying the Colombo High Court's p...