{"id":105360,"date":"2013-09-13T22:07:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T16:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=105360"},"modified":"2013-09-19T22:35:50","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T17:05:50","slug":"cj-impeachment-first-time-in-the-sri-lankan-judicial-history-commonwealth-lawyers-and-england-and-wales-bar-hr-seek-to-intervene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/cj-impeachment-first-time-in-the-sri-lankan-judicial-history-commonwealth-lawyers-and-england-and-wales-bar-hr-seek-to-intervene\/","title":{"rendered":"CJ Impeachment: First Time In The Sri Lankan Judicial History Commonwealth Lawyers And England And Wales Bar HR Seek To Intervene"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CAL) and Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) sought to intervene into the controversial appeal of the Attorney General<\/a><\/span> and make submissions. It is the first time in the Sri Lankan judicial history that these internationally renounced law association are seeking to assist the Sri Lankan highest courts on a vital case affecting the entire commonwealth.<\/p>\n

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Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake<\/p><\/div>\n

On\u00a0July 15, 2013,\u00a0Vijitha Herath (Member of Parliament, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna \u2013 JVP) and R. Sampanthan (Member of Parliament \u2013 TNA) who are respondents in a controversial appeal filed by the Attorney General (AG) to reverse Appeal Court and Supreme Court rulings that held the kangaroo style Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) findings against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span> unconstitutional and illegal, have filed motions<\/a><\/span> underscoring that they should not be denied their rights to be heard \u2013 both in objection to leave to appeal being granted, and also to raise any relevant questions of law if court decides to grant the AG leave to appeal.<\/p>\n

Read the submissions filed by the interventions here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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