(Lanka-e-News -19.Nov.2011, 11.55P.M.) Justice W T M P B Warawawa , one of the judges in the white flag case has received death threats from the MaRa regime, according to reports reaching Lanka e news.Following these threats the judge is facing after the white flag case verdict had been delivered , he had to change his route he usually takes to his house. He is compelled to take another route .
In the dissenting judgment in the white flag case , justice Warawawa was the dissenting judge . He exonerated Fonseka of all charges filed against Fonseka. Though he ought to have declared his reasons in support of his dissenting view in court , he was not permitted by Ms. Deepali Wijayasundara , the President of the panel of judges yesterday (18) . This decline constituted a blatant and gross breach of revered court traditions , practices and norms
Owing to this action , the declaration of Warawawa in the case was completely blacked out from reaching the media. This high handed action of Deepali Wijesundara had provoked a storm of protests from among the judges triggering controversies, reports say.
It is the consensus of judges who wish to carry out their duties honorably and independently that these threats held out to justice Warawawa is a very ominous signal to the profession as it is militating against the performance of duties of judges freely ,fairly and independently . They claim that immediate steps should be taken to stamp out this evil trend.
