Sri Lanka's SC overturns sacking of parliament by President Sirisena


Colombo, Nov 13(PTI): Sri Lanka' Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned President Maithripala Sirisena's dissolution of Parliament and ordered a halt to preparations for snap elections on January 5, party officials present at the hearing said.

A three-member bench including the country's chief justice Nalin Perera delivered its ruling after two days of deliberations on as many as 13 petitions against and five for Sirisena's November 9 decision to dissolve Parliament.

All petitions filed against Sirisena's decision will be heard on December 4, 5 and 6, the apex court ruled.

  

The petitioners included a member of the independent election commission Ratnajeevan Hoole.

Sirisena dissolved Parliament and ordered snap election on January 5, plunging the country's into an unprecedented political and constitutional crises since October 26 when he sacked prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa.

 

  

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  • Raj, Mangalore

    Wed, Nov 14 2018

    The Supreme Court is playing a larger role in South Asian countries, they are encroaching on the power of the legislature because the legislatures have failed to perform their respective function. In India the Supreme Court ruled on Sabarimala and decriminalization of homosexuality. In Pakistan, the Supreme Court nullified the blasphemy charge against Asiya Bibi. Now the Sri Lanka court has overturned the Presidents decision to sack parliament.

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  • Rolf, Dubai

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    MRS sirisena. Even uneducated can pronounce well.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Nov 13 2018

    Very soon this will happen in India ...

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