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Supreme Court rejects FR petition to disqualify President Ranil Wickremesinghe from contesting the Presidential Election
In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court dismissed a fundamental rights petition seeking to disqualify President Ranil Wickremesinghe from contesting the upcoming presidential election. The petitioner alleged that the President’s failure to appoint an Acting Inspector General of Police and the non-appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal constituted grounds for disqualification.
The court not only refused to hear the case but also ordered the petitioner to pay Rs. 50,000 as court fees. Additional Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, representing the Attorney General, argued that the petition was misleading and had been filed with false information, violating Article 92 of the Constitution. The court concurred with this assessment, leading to the dismissal of the petition.