Judge withdraws from case on cremation of Covid infected infant

29 Mar, 2021

Supreme Court Judge Yasantha Kodagoda has withdrawn from the case over the cremation of a Covid infected 20-day-old infant.

The parents of the child had filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition after the child was forcibly cremated last December.

The child died while being treated at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital in Colombo.

Justices Priyantha Jayawardena, L. T. B. Dehideniya, Gamini Amarasekara, Yasantha Kodagoda, and Kumuduni Wickramasinghe were to hear the petition today.

However,?Kodagoda withdrew from hearing the FR petition citing personal reasons.

Consideration of the petition was postponed to 25 May. (Colombo Gazette)

Recommended For You

US report notes discrimination against religious minorities in Sri Lanka

A new US report on religious freedom noted that Government officials continued to engage in systematic discrimination against religious minorities in Sri Lanka in 2019. US Secretary of State Secretary Michael R. Pompeo released the 2019 International Religious Freedom Report at the US State Department. The report notes that in Sri Lanka, according to representatives of minority religious communities and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Government officials continued to engage in systemati

11 Jun, 2020

Ombudsman appointed to address public grievances

An Ombudsman office has been created at the Presidential Secretariat to look into complaints and grievances of the public and provide speedy solutions, the President’s Media Division said. Retired Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police S. M. Wickremasinghe has been appointed to the post. The objective of setting up an Ombudsman Office is to provide solutions to any inconvenience or distress caused to the public as a result of negligence of public officers or acting beyond their limit while

12 Jun, 2020

Southern Expressway interchange linking to Rajapaksa’s hometown approved

A new interchange on the Southern Expressway linking to President Goatabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s hometown has been approved by cabinet. The Government today said that the new interchange on the Southern Expressway at Bedigama linking the Tangalle – Weeraketiya road was approved by the cabinet. “It has been identified that this interchange can increase the number of Southern Expressway users,” the Government information department said. Cabinet approval was granted

11 Jun, 2020

Colombo Gazette is a leading news and entertainment website, covering stories related to Sri Lanka. The content consists of text based news, photos and videos and is linked to social media websites including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to provide a wider coverage for its stories.