Sri Lanka, April 2 -- An injunction was yesterday issued by the Colombo District Court preventing the SLFP leadership from removing Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, State Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna and Parliamentarian Duminda Dissanayake from the posts they held in the party.

The order was issued when petitions filed by Amaraweera, Alagiyawanna and Dissanayake were taken up before Colombo Chief District Judge Sandun Vithana.

The District Judge also ordered to send notices to the defendants to produce their submissions over the petition.

In their petitions, the petitioners have pointed out that the party leadership has taken illegal and arbitrary actions to remove them from their posts in the party, contrary to the party constitution. T...