Sri Lanka, July 24 -- In a landmark judgment the Supreme Court today (July 24) delivered its judgment in Fundamental Rights petitions in relation to the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster, one of the worst environmental disasters in Sri Lanka's history.
TISL filed the intervention petition to intervene in case no. SC/FR 168/2021, filed by the Centre for Environmental Justice seeking fair compensation for the victims of the X-Press Pearl disaster. TISL intervened in the public interest citing grave lapses in the discharge of public duties by relevant authorities in the leading up to and handling of the disaster. TISL raised critical questions on accountability for the systemic governance failures that enabled the scale of the disaster and hind...