The Controller General of Immigration Harsha Illukpitiya has been remanded by the Supreme Court on contempt of court charges for failing to implement the interim order on the implementation of the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) proces
The court issued this order after reading out the relevant charge sheets against the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration.
The court also ordered the petitioning party to draft the charges and present it before the court today.
The SC had previously directed the Controller General of Immigration and Emigration to appear before the court in person on 13th September with regard to his failure to implement the order issued by the court.
On August 02, the Supreme Court issued an interim order suspending the contract given to private consortium IVS-GBS and VFS Global to operate the visa issuance.
The court had issued this order after considering several Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed by M.A. Sumanthiran, Rauff Hakeem and Patali Champika Ranawaka.
After reviewing the submissions, the three-member bench ordered that iIlukpitiya be remanded under the provisions of the Contempt of Court Act, until the case concludes.
