Sri Lanka, Feb. 1 -- A new fuller bench comprising five judges of the Court of Appeal has been nominated to hear the writ petition filed by former Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda.

The President of the Court of Appeal nominated the new fuller bench after Justice Amal Ranaraja recused himself from hearing this writ petition.

The former Navy Commander is challenging the legality of indictments filed against him at Colombo High Court.

Accordingly, this petition will be taken up for hearing on February 7 before a five-judge bench of the Court of Appeal comprising Justices Mayadunne Corea, P.Kumararatnam, Shashi Mahendran, Damith Thotawatte, and Pradeep Hettiarachchi.

On a previous occasion, the Court of Appeal had issued an Interim Ord...