Colombo (LNW): Three complaints against State Minister and Ruling Party MP Sanath Nishantha over contempt of court will be taken up for hearing from October 27, declared the Court of Appeal.
This was when the said complaints were called in before the Appeal Court bench chaired by Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and comprised of Justice Chamath Morais yesterday (27).
Deputy Solicitor General Lakmini Giriharagama appearing for the Attorney General’s Department told the Court that the documents pertaining to the investigations involving the video evidence under the Evidence Ordinance have been presented to the Court and requested that dates be fixed for the hearing against Nishantha.
The complaints have been lodged against the State Minister by the Sri Lanka Judicial Officers’ Association, and Attorneys Priyalal Sirisena and Vijitha Kumara, accusing him of committing contempt of court through a statement in which he had allegedly commented on or near August 25, 2022 about the manner in which the magistrates behaved when the protesters of the ‘Aragalaya’ were granted bail.
