SC rules land powers are vested in govt., not PCs
2002 August Court of Appeal order set aside
by Chitra Weerarathne-September 26, 2013
The Supreme Court yesterday, ruled that land powers were vested in the government and not in the Provincial Councils. In its judgment, the Court explained that the Provincial Councils would have legislative competence to make statutes to administer state lands only if those lands were made available to the Provincial Councils by the government. It added that the President’s powers to make grants remained unfettered.