{"id":107670,"date":"2013-09-26T11:47:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T06:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=107670"},"modified":"2013-09-30T23:36:37","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T18:06:37","slug":"sc-bench-picked-by-de-facto-cj-mohan-pieris-puts-off-shirani-b-impeachment-and-his-own-de-facto-appointment-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sc-bench-picked-by-de-facto-cj-mohan-pieris-puts-off-shirani-b-impeachment-and-his-own-de-facto-appointment-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"SC Bench Picked By De Facto CJ Mohan Pieris Puts Off Shirani B impeachment And His Own De Facto Appointment Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Several cases challenging the controversial ouster of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake and putting in of Mohan Pieris to perform the functions of the Chief Justice were due to be taken up today (26.09.2013).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59789\" style=\"width: 140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/chief-justice-to-filing-a-contempt-of-court-action\/chief-justice-shirani-bandaranayake1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59789\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-59789\" title=\"Chief-Justice-Shirani-Bandaranayake1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Chief-Justice-Shirani-Bandaranayake1-130x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">The special bench tasked with the job of hearing the case is made up of Justices Saleem Marsoof, Chandra Ekanayake, Sathya Hettige, S. 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Therefore the cases were all postponed for 23.10.2013 when other cases relating to these issues are being taken up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">According to reliable sources close to the government, the plan is to somehow try and give some appearance of legality to the controversial actions of the Rajapaksa regime that are being challenged in time for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Colombo in mid-November.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 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