SC to take up Ranjan’s contempt of court case in December
November 17, 2020 01:12 pm
The Supreme Court has decided to take up the contempt of court cases filed against Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake on the 8th of December for clarification, says Ada Derana reporter.
Hearing of the case was concluded on the 25th of August and the Supreme Court bench had decided to take up the case for clarification on the 6th of this month.
However, due to the quarantine curfew that was effective in Colombo at the time, the Supreme Court was forced to postpone all the scheduled proceedings.
Thereby, the MP Ramanayake’s case will be called for clarification next month.
The case was filed against former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake over Contempt of Court charges for making defamatory remarks against the judiciary on the 21st of August in 2017.
Speaking to the media following a meeting with then-Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Temple Trees, Ramanayake had claimed that the majority of judges in the country issue biased rulings and that they are corrupt.
Retired Air Force Officer Sunil Perera and Venerable Magalkande Sudatta Thera later filed two petitions with the Supreme Court alleging that such defamatory comments can shatter public confidence and provide a warped image of the judiciary to the people of Sri Lanka.
Based on these complaints, the Attorney General had later served the charges against Ramanayake before the Supreme Court.
