Former CJ's case postponed

(Published in Daily Mirror on 23/10/2015)
 
By Shehan Chamika Silva

Considering the newly appointed Board to the Commission to Investigate into Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, the inquiry against the former Chief Justice Shiranee Bandaranayake for not revealing her assets, was postponed for January 21 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya yesterday.

Senior State Counsel Dilan Ratnayake, requested the Magistrate to postpone the inquiry, since a new Commission had been appointed for the Bribery Commission recently and they may have to take few weeks to consider the matter in order to report to the Court.

Appearing for the former Chief Justice, Nalin Ladduwahetty agreed with the prosecution and requested another date.

The case was earlier filed by the Bribery Commission against the former Chief Justice Shiranee Bandaranayake for failure to declare her assets.