The Supreme Court has decided to invalidate the decision of former President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to grant amnesty to ex-member of Parliament Mr. Duminda Silva, who was sentenced to death in connection with the murder of Bharata Lakshman Premachandra. Sri Lanka Latest News
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Preethi Padman Surasena gave this decision after hearing the petitions filed by Mr. Premachandra’s wife Sumana Premachandra, daughter Hirunika Premachandra and lawyer Ghazali Hussain, a former commissioner of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court ordered the Commissioner General of Prisons to take steps to implement the sentence imposed on this petitioner.
