By Shamindra Ferdinando
The nine-member Public Service Commission (PSC), chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice Jagath Balapatabendi, is in the process of deciding on Attorney General’s Department investigation into the alleged negligence on the part of two of its officers – Deputy Solicitor General Azard Navavi and State Counsel Malik Azeez, in respect of the handling of a file on now proscribed National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) and its leader Zahran Hashim responsible for 2019 Easter Sunday carnage.
The PSC consists of Justice Jagath Balapatabendi, Indrani Sugathadasa, V. Shivagnanasothy, Dr. T. R. C. Ruberu, Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Saleem, Leelasena Liyanagama, Dian Gomes, Dilith Jayaweera and W. H. Piyadasa.
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Shavindra Fernando, PC, who represented Deputy Solicitor General Azard Navavi, on Thursday night, urged the PCoI investigating the Easter Sunday attacks to name State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne, the coordinating officer to the Attorney General, guilty of contempt of the commission.
Fernando made this request expressing his displeasure at the way Jayaratne had responded to his questions. Earlier, the PCoI too had advised Jayaratne to mind the manner in which she responded to Fernando’s questions.
AG Dappula de Livera’s Coordinating Officer, State Counsel, Nishara Jayaratne, was ordered to appear before the PCoI following a request made by Shavindra Fernando, PC, on 15 December 2020. On that day, it was revealed that the Attorney General had recommended disciplinary action against Deputy Solicitor General Azard Navavi and State Counsel Malik Azeez, who had been entrusted with a file on National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) and its leader Zahran Hashim, for lapses o
Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 01:11 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 18, Colombo: President’s Counsel Shavendra Fernando, appearing for Deputy Solicitor General Azad Nawawi of the Attorney General’s Department, Thursday requested the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter Sunday attack to name the Attorney General’s Coordinating Officer, State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne as a hostile witness who insulted the Commission.
President’s Counsel Shavendra Fernando made the request when Attorney-at-Law Nishara Jayaratne was summoned to give evidence before the Commission yesterday (17th).
He said the State Counsel Nishara Jayaratne is evading the questions asked by him and not providing direct answers when testifying before the commission
Posted on December 17th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana
It was revealed at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that a compensation amount of less than the compensation for victims of Beruwala and Digana incidents have been paid for the Easter attack victims.
S. M. Bathiudeen, the Acting Director of the Office of Reparations, was summoned to testify before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Easter attack yesterday (16).
He said that the then-Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, and then-Ministers Lakshman Kiriella and Rauf Hakeem decided to pay Rs 02 million for the victims of the Digana incident as compensation at a meeting held at the Kandy District Secretariat.
Court orders remains of 4 inmates be cremated ft.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ft.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.