Sri Lanka: Counsel for ex-army commander again moves for time in SC to obtain instruction

26 Jul 2011

When the fundamental rights petition filed on behalf of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka came up before the Supreme Court on Monday (25), the Counsel appearing for him again moved for time to obtain instruction as to whether to proceed with the said application. The panel of judges consisting of Chief Justice Shirani A.Bandaranayake, Justices K.Sripavan and P.A.Ratnayake fixed the fundametnal rights petition against the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention to be mentioned on September 23.