Colombo Commercial High Court today allowed former
president (defendant), to file objections against the amendment made by the
SLTB (plaintiff) over the case in which former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and
six others were sued for the recovery of Rs. 143 million to the SLTB for hiring
buses for the meetings in Presidential election.
The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) earlier filed the civil
law suit in Colombo Commercial High Court citing respondents as Susil
Premajayantha, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, (members of the 2015 - UPFA presidential
election committee), the former president and three others over hiring SLTB
buses in last presidential election and not paying due amount to the Board.
However, plaintiff, SLTB on an earlier occasion, amending
the initial plaint, excluded two respondents of Susil Premajayantha and
Anura Priyadarshana Yapa from the law suit.
When the case was taken up today President's Counsel
Nihal Jayamanne who appeared for the defendant, former President, sought court
permission to file legal objections over the exclusion made by the plaintiff to
the initial plaint filed in court.
Acceding the defendant's request, the court postponed the
case to file objections for January 26.
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