{"id":120412,"date":"2014-02-23T17:34:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T12:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=120412"},"modified":"2014-02-23T17:49:20","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T12:19:20","slug":"full-text-of-the-five-judge-sc-bench-ruling-on-cj-shirani-bandaranayake-impeachment-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/full-text-of-the-five-judge-sc-bench-ruling-on-cj-shirani-bandaranayake-impeachment-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Text Of The Five Judge SC Bench Ruling On CJ Shirani Bandaranayake Impeachment Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Bench comprised Justices Saleem Marsoof, Chandra Ekanayake, Sathya Hettige, Eva Wanasundara, and Rohini Marasinghe\u00a0ruled that the writ issued by the Court of Appeal nullifying Chief Justice\u00a0Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a>\u00a0removal was null and void. We publish below the full text of the five judge Supreme Court bench appointed by de facto Chief Justice\u00a0Mohan Pieris<\/a><\/span>, a direct beneficiary of the Chief Justice\u00a0Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span>\u00a0sacking last year.<\/p>\n

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

Shirani Bandaranayake Impeachment Case – SC Appeal No. 67\/2013 .\u00a0Read the judgement\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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