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Sri Lanka Supreme Court revokes controversial monk’s presidential pardon

September 10, 2026 admin

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero (centre), head of the Bodu Bala Sena or “Buddhist Power Force”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In a significant case of the judiciary reversing an executive decision, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday (September 10, 2026) overturned a presidential pardon granted to a reactionary Buddhist monk. In May 2019, then President…

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Sri Lanka Supreme Court says Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of ‘arbitrary and unlawful’ conduct

August 22, 2024 admin

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday (August 22, 2024) found President Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of “arbitrary and unlawful” conduct, in the postponement of local body elections scheduled last year, even as he campaigns hard for a mandate in the September 21 presidential contest. President Wickremesinghe…

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