{"id":38319,"date":"2012-04-13T21:44:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=38319"},"modified":"2012-04-18T22:13:09","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T22:13:09","slug":"judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Aravinda &#8211; You Violated The Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38320\" style=\"width: 149px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law\/aravinda3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38320\" title=\"aravinda3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aravinda3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judge Aravinda Perera<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Poogoda Magistrate\u00a0and Additional District Judge\u00a0Aravinda Perera\u2019s Facebook account shows how he violated the law. In his own words, he has driven his car at top speed. Another District Judge Dushantha Epitawala placing a comment said; <em>mallila, nangila, dada kole evannada<\/em>? (Brothers and sisters, shall I send a fine.) <strong>\u00a0<strong>Poogoda Magistrate\u00a0<\/strong>Aravinda<\/strong>\u00a0Perera posted a photograph of his speedometer on Facebook. You can see the following discussion under his post;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mangala Tennekoon;<\/strong> \u00a0\u201c captured verwell\u201d [sic]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aravinda Perera;<\/strong> Thanks Machan, I was little ahead 120km<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mangala Tennekoon;<\/strong> Naduth hamuduruwange , baduth hamuduruwange ( Meaning ; One law for a judge, another for ordinary citizens)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38363\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law\/dushantha\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38363\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38363\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-38363\" title=\"Dushantha\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dushantha-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dushantha-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Dushantha-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judge Dushantha<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sirini Rathnayake;<\/strong> \u2026..and we went at 200!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aravinda Perera;<\/strong> True, I went 190 didn\u2019t know until I look at the meter.[sic]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dushantha Epitawala;<\/strong> mallila, nangila, dada kole evannada?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law\/highspeed\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38345\" title=\"Highspeed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Highspeed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Highspeed.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Highspeed-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law\/image\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38336\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-38336\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/image-800x501.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38333\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law\/aravinda1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38333\" title=\"aravinda1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aravinda1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aravinda1.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/aravinda1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judge with his friends<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/judge-aravinda-you-violated-the-law\/aravinda2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38326\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-38326\" 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