365 Days Too Late: Sri Lankan National Cleared of Gold Smuggling After Completing Full Sentence
Yesterday, the Maldivian High Court unanimously cleared Sri Lankan national Mohamed Sulaimhan of all criminal charges in a high-profile gold…
Category: LEGAL ISSUES
Suresh Sallay: Court Decision Expected on November 27
The Court of Appeal is expected to rule on November 27 on whether to grant leave to proceed and interim…
Gotabaya’s Former Secretary: More Remand, Questions Remain
Sugeeshwara Bandara, former private secretary to former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been further remanded until November 11. The Colombo Magistrate’s…
Rs. 60.2M Narcotics Shipment Blows Open Postal Smuggling
In what has become a routine exercise in intercepting high-end contraband, officers from the Sri Lanka Customs Narcotics Control Unit…
Police Can Freeze Your Bank Account for Three Weeks Without a Court Order, Warns Ambika Satkunanathan
Amendments to three financial laws have handed Sri Lankan police sweeping powers to freeze bank accounts without prior judicial approval,…
Magistrate Seeks Contempt Proceedings Concerning the IGP. Can the Police Ignore a Court Order?
A Gampaha Magistrate has directed that court records concerning the Inspector General of Police be forwarded to the President of…
What’s in a Name?
In Britain, a Famous Surname May Open Doors. In Sri Lanka, It Has Sometimes Appeared to Open the Entire Government.…
Namal Rajapaksa Money-Laundering Investigation Completed: Will the Airbus Case Finally Reach Trial?
The Criminal Investigation Department has informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court that investigations into alleged money laundering involving Parliamentarian Namal…
Basil Rajapaksa Faces International Arrest Effort; But an Interpol Notice Is Not a Conviction
The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court has directed investigators to pursue an Interpol Red Notice against former Minister Basil Rajapaksa in…
Mahinda Khandagama Further Remanded in Drug Trafficking Case. The Courts Must Follow the Evidence, Not the Political Connections.
Mahinda Khandagama has been further remanded in connection with an investigation into alleged drug trafficking. The proceedings raise questions about…
