Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appeared before the Court of Appeal today (23) as proceedings resumed on his writ petition seeking an order to prevent his arrest and detention.
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appeared before the Court of Appeal today (23) as proceedings resumed on his writ petition seeking an order to prevent his arrest and detention.
The Court of Appeal is scheduled to take up the petition for further consideration today. The matter was previously considered for the fourth consecutive day on July 9 before a two-judge bench comprising Court of Appeal President Justice Rohantha Abeysooriya and Justice Sarath Dissanayake. Following the proceedings, further hearings were postponed to today.
During the previous hearings, Deputy Solicitor General Suharshi Herath, appearing for the respondents named in the petition, including Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director Shani Abeysekara, presented submissions before the court.
The Deputy Solicitor General told the court that the petitioner had failed to present evidence proving that Mr. Shani Abeysekara had acted with malicious intent.
