A petition has been filed requesting to annul the decision of the Court of Appeal that ex-President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa cannot be summoned as a witness in the case being heard before the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court regarding the kidnapping and disappearance of two activists of the People’s Movement, Lalith Kumar Weeraraju and Koogan Muruganandan in 2011. The Supreme Court has again issued notice to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who has been named as the respondent in the petition and has informed the petitioner’s lawyers today (19).
That was when the petition was summoned today before the Supreme Court bench comprising Gamini Amarasekara, Yasanta Kodagoda, and A.H.M.D. Nawaz.
The petitioner’s lawyer, Nuwan Bopage, told the court that a notice had been sent to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
But no lawyer appeared before the court for Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
Accordingly, the bench informed the petitioner’s lawyer to issue a notice to him again and ordered the petition to be called again on December 15.
