Sri Lanka’s Appellate Court today dismissed a writ petition filed by an individual questioning Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s mental health condition.<\/p>\n
The Court of Appeal deciding to dismiss the petition without proceeding said the petitioner’s intention is to insult the President and the country.<\/p>\n
The Court also ordered the petitioner, Thakshila Lakmali Jayawardena, a resident in Colombo 12, to pay Rs 100,000 legal costs to the Government since the petition has been filed without any factual or legal basis.<\/p>\n
The petition was taken for consideration of today (07), before the Court of Appeal President Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and Justice Arjuna Obeysekara.<\/p>\n
Also, the Court of Appeal further determined that the petitioner had filed the petition to insult the President and to bring disgrace to the country as a whole.<\/p>\n
The Additional Solicitor General appearing for the Attorney General told the court that in order to act according to the Ordinance on Mental Illnesses, the petitioner should first lodge a complaint at a police station if there is any information on a person having a mental illness. And then if the police do not take an action on the information, one can take legal action at the courts, the Solicitor General pointed out.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, the Additional Solicitor general requested the Court of Appeal to dismiss the relevant petition.<\/p>\n
The Court determined that there has been no police report on such afflictions relevant to the petition and the petitionhas been filed with the purpose of humiliating the President.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, the petition was dismissed without being taken up for hearing and the petitioner was ordered to cover government legal costs.<\/p>\n
Courtesy: Colombo Page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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