{"id":80472,"date":"2013-04-04T08:14:10","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T08:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=80472"},"modified":"2013-04-12T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T11:00:27","slug":"exclusive-corrupt-interdicted-district-judges-reinstated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/exclusive-corrupt-interdicted-district-judges-reinstated\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Corrupt Interdicted District Judges Reinstated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Aravinda+Perera&amp;x=9&amp;y=9\">Aravinda Perera<\/a><\/span>, former District Judge of Colombo who had been interdicted by the previous\u00a0Judicial Service Commission (JSC) was reinstated as a Supernumerary District Judge Colombo with immediate effect, the Colombo Telegraph\u00a0learns.<\/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>Aravinda Perera\u00a0was interdicted for financial misconduct and being in CRIB for not settling series of loans. His interdiction was believed to be one of the reasons for the failed attempts by the President to summon the JSC headed by Chief Justice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shirani+Bandaranayaka&amp;x=12&amp;y=4\">Shirani Bandaranayaka<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>District Judge Perera and Matara District Judge\u00a0Tilina Gamage are close associates of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Namal+Rajapaksa&amp;x=10&amp;y=5\">Namal Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span>, the son of the President. District Judge\u00a0Gamage, is another judge with political connections (and financial allegations) is also transferred as Magistrate Fort, which is a key station, where most of the sensitive cases are heard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The massage is clear. 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