The Supreme Court issued notice today for foemer President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to appear before Court on 15 December over the Presidential pardon granted to former MP Duminda Silva.
Hirunika Premachandra, the daughter of former legislator Bharatha Lakshman – who was shot dead by Silva and his associates, filed the petition saying his release was illegal.
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court suspended a presidential pardon granted to a former legislator close to the Rajapaksa family convicted of murdering the rival politician and ordered his immediate return to jail in a landmark verdict.