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Court of Appeal dismisses case on Prime Minister

21 May, 2019

The Court of Appeal today dismissed a writ application filed by Sharmila Gonawela seeking a writ of quo warranto against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe.

The Court of Appeal upheld the preliminary objections raised on behalf of the respondents, that jurisdiction of court had not been properly invoked.

Uditha Egalahewa PC with Ashokbaran appeared for the Petitioner.

K Kanag-Isvaran PC with Suren Fernando and N. Arulpragasam appeared for the Prime Minister while Suren Fernando with Ms. Khyati Wikramanayake appeared for the UNP General Secretary.

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