Bribes to Judges from Mahinda
It is reported that the government has information that 15 well known judges of the High Court have obtained 15 acres each from the forest reserve around Katharagama temple during Mahinda Rajapaksa administration.
According to internal sources of the government information has also been revealed that the lands have been made available to the well known judges with the knowledge of Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Deputy Minister of Social Empowerment & Welfare Ranjan Ramanayake said he would question in Parliament and ask for information so that the public would come to know who the judges who got lands are.
It is also said that information has been revealed that 74 High Court Judges were sent hampers for Sinhala and Hindu New Year and Christmas. The hampers were distributed to the judges by the driver of Gamini Senarath who acted as the private secretary of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.