The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar has ordered that the case filed against former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran and several others over the Central Bank bond scandal be called for a pre-trial conference on January 28 2027
The case was taken up today (02) before the three-member Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar bench, headed by Justice Priyantha Liyanage.
Several defendants, including Arjun Aloysius, Jeffrey Aloysius and Kasun Palisena, directors of Perpetual Treasuries Limited, appeared before the court.
Former Central Bank Deputy Governor P. Samarasiri, Muthuraja Surendran, Chittharanjan Hulangamuwa and P. Gunawardena also appeared before the court.
During the proceedings, lawyers representing some of the defendants informed the court that they had not yet received certain documents relevant to the case.
After considering the submissions, the bench directed Senior State Counsel Oswald Perera, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, to take steps to provide the defence with the required documents before the next hearing.
The Attorney General had filed indictments against former Central Bank Governor Arjun Mahendran and several others under the Public Property Act over an alleged loss of Rs. 688 million to the government in connection with a Treasury bond auction conducted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on February 27, 2015.
