Lanka court stops CJ impeachment
22 Dec 2012 7:18 AM IST
Sri Lanka’s Court of Appeal on Friday halted a parliamentary committee’s impeachment proceedings against the country’s first woman chief justice Shirani Bandaranayake, who had sought a writ order to declare the findings of the panel illegal.
The Appeal Court noticed the parliament speaker and parliamentary select committee members to appear before it on January 3 and asked them not to act in derogation of the chief justice until the court concludes its hearings.
The hearing was with regard to a plaint filed by Bandaranayake on 19 December seeking an order to quash the findings of the committee, which probed impeachment charges against her. A lawyer for Bandaranayake said the Appeal Court held that if quashed by it the findings of the panel would be null and void.
The Appeal Court noticed the parliament speaker and parliamentary select committee members to appear before it on January 3 and asked them not to act in derogation of the chief justice until the court concludes its hearings.
The hearing was with regard to a plaint filed by Bandaranayake on 19 December seeking an order to quash the findings of the committee, which probed impeachment charges against her. A lawyer for Bandaranayake said the Appeal Court held that if quashed by it the findings of the panel would be null and void.
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