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Colombo (News 1st); A Trial-at-Bar on Wednesday (17) ordered to remand 08 suspects with respect to the 2016 March Bond Scam until the 23rd of March 2021.
The matter was called up in the presence of High Court Judges D.Thotawatta, Manjula Thilakarathne & M. Irsadeen.
Senior Deputy Solicitor General Haripriya Jayasundara strongly opposed granting bail to the accused and the bench accepted the objections and ordered for the accused to be remanded.
On Wednesday (17) morning, Attorney General filed Indictments before the Trials-at-Bar hearing the Bond Scam cases pertaining to the 2016 March 29 & 31st Bond Auctions.
On the 18th of February 2021, the Chief Justice appointed two Trial-at-Bars to hear the Bond Scam cases involving two bond auctions in March 2016, following a request by the Attorney General.
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Posted on February 18th, 2021
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The Chief Justice has appointed two Trial-at Bars for the hearing of the Bond Scam cases involving the two Treasury Bond Auctions in March 2016.
The Attorney General requested for a Trial at Bar for the case on February 11, 2021, to try former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake, former Governor of Central Bank Arjuna Mahendran, Arjun Aloysius, and 07 others with regard to the relevant trial.
Subsequently, on February 15, he made a request for another Trial-at-Bar to hear the relevant case.
Accordingly, Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya has appointed two separate Trial-at-Bars to hear the case.
The first Trial-at-Bar consists of High Court Judges D. Thotawatta, Manjula Thilakaratne, and M. Irasadeen.