{"id":69333,"date":"2013-01-13T07:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T07:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=69333"},"modified":"2013-01-17T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T20:45:09","slug":"chief-justice-is-sacked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/chief-justice-is-sacked\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Justice Is Sacked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka&#8217;s President Mahinda Rajapaksa today sacked\u00a0Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake.\u00a0Lawyers of Dr. Bandaranayake acknowledged receipt of the removal letter sent by the President this morning and said the\u00a0letter is dated January 12, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Irida Lankadeepa Is lying \u2013 Chief Justice\u2019s Lawyers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/irida-lankadeepa-is-lying-chief-justices-lawyers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Irida Lankadeepa Is lying \u2013 Chief Justice\u2019s Lawyers<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Chief Justice Impeached\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/chief-justice-impeached\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chief Justice Impeached<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"ICJ Condemns Impeachment Of Chief Justice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/icj-condemns-impeachment-of-chief-justice\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">ICJ Condemns Impeachment Of Chief Justice<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Mobs Camped Outside CJ\u2019s Residence, Kiribath Is Being Cooked, CJ\u2019s Life Under Threat\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mobs-camped-outside-cjs-residence-kiribath-is-being-cooked-cjs-life-under-threat\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mobs Camped Outside CJ\u2019s Residence, Kiribath Is Being Cooked, CJ\u2019s Life Under Threat<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Pictures Of \u2018Hulftsdorf Coup\u2019 Today: Government Thugs At Work\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/pictures-of-hulftsdorf-coup-today-government-thugs-at-work\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pictures Of \u2018Hulftsdorf Coup\u2019 Today: Government Thugs At Work<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Video: Protest March Against Impeachment\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-protest-march-against-impeachment\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Video: Protest March Against Impeachment<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Sri Lanka\u2019s Parliament Should Reject Motion To Impeach Chief Justice \u2013 ICJ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankas-parliament-should-reject-motion-to-impeach-chief-justice-icj\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sri Lanka\u2019s Parliament Should Reject Motion To Impeach Chief Justice \u2013 ICJ<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/stop-debating-the-impeachment-bar-to-strike-for-two-days\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2018Stop Debating The Impeachment\u2019 \u2013 Bar To Strike For Two Days<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/cjs-case-full-text-of-the-court-of-appeal-determination-today\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">CJ\u2019s Case: Full Text Of The Court Of Appeal Determination Today<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Search\u00a0Shirani Bandaranayake in Colombo Telegraph search box for all related articles and stories or click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shirani+Bandaranayake&amp;x=12&amp;y=3\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":69334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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