CJ denies allegations against her
November 8, 2012, 12:00 pm
Attorneys-at-law and Notaries Public Neelakandan and Neelakandan, referring to allegations against their client Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, published in The Island, said yesterday that there had been no financial impropriety on her part and she had declared all her operative bank accounts having assets, in her declaration of assets and liabilities, and after her appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court on Oct. 30, 1996, she had not received any remittances from anyone in Sri Lanka or abroad save and except the remuneration as a judge and the remittances from her immediate family.
Attorneys-at-law and Notaries Public Neelakandan and Neelakandan, referring to allegations against their client Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, published in The Island, said yesterday that there had been no financial impropriety on her part and she had declared all her operative bank accounts having assets, in her declaration of assets and liabilities, and after her appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court on Oct. 30, 1996, she had not received any remittances from anyone in Sri Lanka or abroad save and except the remuneration as a judge and the remittances from her immediate family.
Dr. Bandaranayake’s sister and her husband, working as engineers in Australia, had reserved an apartment when they were in Sri Lanka and had, from time to time, remitted Australian dollars for the purchase thereof, the lawyers for Dr. Bandaranayake said, adding that the money had been converted to Sri Lankan rupees (approximately Rs. 27 million) and remitted by cheque directly to the seller in installments, and the National Development Bank had confirmed those transactions. The sum of Rs. 34 million mentioned by The Island was not accurate, the lawyers said.
Dr. Bandaranayake’s lawyers said she totally denied allegations against her and could easily refute them.
