Government and CJ brace for showdown
The face-off between the government and the judiciary is now being played out in the open
On Tuesday, Parliament published the Order Paper of November 06, 2012 which levelled charges against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. It called, “as per Article 107(2) of the Constitution, for a motion of Parliament to be presented to the president for the removal of the Hon. (Dr.) (Mrs.) Upatissa Atapattu Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Shirani Anshumala Bandaranayake from the office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.” Among the 14 charges levelled against the Chief Justice in the resolution are nondisclosure in her annual declaration of assets, the details of approximately Rs34 million in foreign currency deposited at the branch of NDB Bank located at Dharmalpala Mawatha, Colombo 07 in accounts 106450013024, 101000046737, 100002001360 and 100001014772 during the period from April 18, 2011 to March 27, 2012; purchase of a house under a power of attorney on behalf of two individuals – Renuka Niranjali Bandaranayake and Kapila Ranjan Karunaratne, in a condominium known as Trillium Residencies belonging to the company that was known as Ceylinco Housing and Property Company and City Housing and Real Estate Company Limited and Ceylinco Condominium Limited. The resolution alleges that the chief justice is hearing a Fundamental Rights Petition filed against those companies and that she had done so having removed from the bench a Supreme Court judge who had earlier heard the FR petition.
Among the other charges are nondisclosure in her annual statement of assets the details of more than 20 bank accounts maintained in various banks and none disclosure, during the purchase of the property from Trillium Residence, as to how Rs 19,362,500, which had been made in cash for the purchase of the property was earned.
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The face-off between the government and the judiciary is now being played out in the openOn Tuesday, Parliament published the Order Paper of November 06, 2012 which levelled charges against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake. It called, “as per Article 107(2) of the Constitution, for a motion of Parliament to be presented to the president for the removal of the Hon. (Dr.) (Mrs.) Upatissa Atapattu Bandaranayake Wasala Mudiyanse Ralahamilage Shirani Anshumala Bandaranayake from the office of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.” Among the 14 charges levelled against the Chief Justice in the resolution are nondisclosure in her annual declaration of assets, the details of approximately Rs34 million in foreign currency deposited at the branch of NDB Bank located at Dharmalpala Mawatha, Colombo 07 in accounts 106450013024, 101000046737, 100002001360 and 100001014772 during the period from April 18, 2011 to March 27, 2012; purchase of a house under a power of attorney on behalf of two individuals – Renuka Niranjali Bandaranayake and Kapila Ranjan Karunaratne, in a condominium known as Trillium Residencies belonging to the company that was known as Ceylinco Housing and Property Company and City Housing and Real Estate Company Limited and Ceylinco Condominium Limited. The resolution alleges that the chief justice is hearing a Fundamental Rights Petition filed against those companies and that she had done so having removed from the bench a Supreme Court judge who had earlier heard the FR petition.
Among the other charges are nondisclosure in her annual statement of assets the details of more than 20 bank accounts maintained in various banks and none disclosure, during the purchase of the property from Trillium Residence, as to how Rs 19,362,500, which had been made in cash for the purchase of the property was earned.
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