Jaffna Tamils’ Land Grab – Appeal Court Notices Respondents To Appear On 27.08.2013 In Writ By Catholic Bishop Of Jaffna Against Grab By Rajapaksa Regime
July 19, 2013
The Appeal Court has today (19.07.2013) issued notice on the respondents in a writ petition supported on behalf of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, who has also petitioned the Appeal Court to stop the grabbing of traditional Tamil lands of Tamils in the Jaffna Peninsula by acquisition. The case follows 2176 Jaffna Tamils petitioning the Appeal Court for relief. (See our earlier report)
Bishop of Jaffna,
The Colombo Telegraph learns that writ case No. CA (Writ) 205/2013 was supported today before Justice S. Sriskandaraja (President, Court of Appeal) by President’s Counsel K. Kanag-Isvaran with M. A. Sumanthiran, Viran Corea, Lakshmanan Jeyakumar and Niran Anketell. The respondents did not have themselves represented by any lawyers in court when the case was supported.
After the petition was supported, the court ruled that the respondents should be noticed to appear on 27.08.2013 and make objections (if any) to the final reliefs asked for through the case.
The forcible acquisition of an area of the Jaffna Peninsula equivalent to two-third of the entire city of Colombo has caused great heartburn, insecurity and concern among Tamils and has been condemned as a very bad blow to resolving the ethnic issue between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils.
The Colombo Telegraph is now able to reveal the contents of the petition filed by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Jaffna which is as follows: Read More
