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By Saman Indrajith Chief Opposition Whip Kandy District MP Lakshman Kiriella told Parliament yesterday that MP Ranjan Ramanayake had not criticised all members of the judiciary when he stated that some judges were corrupt. “Everybody has the right to criticise a judgment in or outside Parliament. I remember when the Supreme Court decided to sentence S. B. Dissanayake to jail, spoke about that judgment in TV talk shows. One could criticise a judgment but can never say that judges are taking bribes. Ranjan Ramanayake’s sentence is a severe punishment and not proportionate to the offence he is said to have committed. For example, three months ago a judge in India levelled accusations against that country’s Chief Justice and said that the latter was corrupt. What was the punishment imposed on the former? He was fined one rupee. He declined to pay that rupee. Now, the matter has been postponed.

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