Court of Appeal Begins Hearing Contempt of Court Complaint Against Wimal, Gammanpila and Others
The Court of Appeal today (11) commenced hearing a complaint filed against former ministers Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila, along with several others, over allegations of contempt of court.
The complaint alleges that statements made by the respondents regarding the arrest and detention of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Chief Suresh Sallay, who is currently in the custody of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), amounted to contempt of court.
The other respondents named in the complaint are MP Dilith Jayaweera, Mahinda Pathirana, Sugishwara Bandara and Asanka Navaratne.
When the complaint was taken up before the Court of Appeal today, lawyers appearing on behalf of the respondents made submissions.
