Elephants Are Dying on Railway Tracks. Why Did It Take the Courts to Demand Action
The Court of Appeal has reportedly directed the relevant State authorities to take measures to prevent wild elephants from being…
Category: LEGAL ISSUES
JSC Dismisses Former Magistrate Thilina Gamage Following Disciplinary Probe
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has formally terminated former Moratuwa District Judge and Colombo Chief Magistrate Thilina Gamage following the…
X-Press Pearl Matter: An Unusual and Highly Questionable Attitude
The President Is Not an Appeal Court The London P&I Club has every right to defend its interests and those…
The Judges Must Pay Tax. Now the Supreme Court Has Had the Final Word.
High Court Judges, District Judges and Magistrates are liable for income tax and APIT can lawfully be deducted from their…
Yoshitha’s Naval Training Is Now Heading Towards Trial
It happened years ago: Yoshitha Rajapaksa was sent to Britain for specialist naval training. Now CIABOC alleges that he did…
Aravinda de Silva: Why Did a Court Issue a Warrant?
The headline sounded extraordinary: an arrest warrant for one of Sri Lanka’s greatest cricketers and his wife in the Airbus…
Who Gets to Decide Who Is a Journalist?
Supreme Court finds provisions of proposed Chartered Institute of Media Professionals Bill inconsistent with the Constitution, raising a much larger…
An Anti-Corruption Law Now Faces the Constitution
Fourteen petitions have reportedly been filed against amendments to Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption law. Fighting corruption is unquestionably in the public…
Will Two More Years Actually Clear the Courts?
Government links longer judicial service to wider justice reform, but Sri Lanka’s case delays extend far beyond the retirement ages…
One Million Cases – 1,000,000 – But Where are They?
Opposition challenges the case-backlog argument for extending judges’ retirement ages, but the more important question is whether keeping superior court…
