The petitions were heard by a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Murdu Fernando and Preethi Padman Surasena on Monday, November 30th and Tuesday, December 01st.
Read MoreAn expert committee comprising President's Counsels Manohara de Silva, Gamini Marapana, Sanjeewa Jayawardena, Samantha Ratwatte, Professors Nadeema Kamurdeen, GH Peiris, Wasantha Seneviratne, and Dr. A Surveyor has been appointed under the chairmanship of President's Counsel Romesh de Silva. The role of this Committee of Experts is to draft a new constitution to replace the Constitution of the Second Republic of Sri Lanka and to submit it to the Cabinet and Parliament for consideration.
Read MoreThis was due to the increase in the prices of items in both the food and non-food categories. Meanwhile, annual point inflation in the food category rose marginally to 10.3 percent in November 2020 from 10.0 percent in October 2020. Annual point inflation in the non-food category also rose marginally to 1.6 per cent in November 2020 from 1.3 per cent in October 2020.
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