Are politically-biased suitable for Supreme Court? 

Apr 21, 2016

Before being appointed to the court of appeal, Deepali Wijesundara has been infamous for having questionable connections when she was in the lower courts. Among these connections, her association with ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa came to light when she gave the court ruling against former Army commander Sarath Fonska. Her verdict was unbelievable not only for those having direct connections with the law, but also for the common masses. Nothing more will be said on that count because everyone knows all about it.

After she gave that ruling, she received many official and unofficial privileges, and with Rajapaksa’s intervention, got a security contingent of 15 policemen. The duty of one of them was to look after her pet dog. That was just one privilege she got for having given a ruling against Fonseka.

Everyone in the judiciary knows that her sister Menaka Wijesundara was elevated to be a high court judge all of a sudden due to her having run her judicial affairs to suit the wants of the ex-president. She tarnishes the dignity of the judiciary by getting her needs done by serving the wants of top persons. During the previous regime, she used to say that the president telephoned her directly and told her how the verdict of a particular case should be.

Deepali also has connections with chief justice Sri Pavan. Her daughter and son-in-law and Sri Pavan’s son are business partners.

Very inefficient, she arrives at the court of appeal around 9.30 am and leaves for home before noon. We believe that if she is appointed to the Supreme Court by any chance, the forces that sabotage the ‘Yahapaalanaya’ will certainly come to extend its tentacles to the SC too.