Sri Lanka, March 1 -- The Colombo High Court (CHC) yesterday ordered the dismissal of the case filed against former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Mahalingam Kanagalingam Sivajilingam who was accused of allegedly organizing the 'Thilipan' commemoration of the banned Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in violation of the Constitution.

When the case was taken up before Colombo High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige, the case pending before the Colombo High Court was ordered to be dismissed, accepting the preliminary objections raised by the defence and hence the CHC ordered that charges be filed before a relevant High Court in connection with the incident.

At a previous hearing, the defence raised preliminary objections stating that ...