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Maithripala requests more time from Civil Appeal High Court to support his Leave to Appeal Application
When the Leave to Appeal Application filed by the former President Maithripala Sirisena came up for Support yesterday (28th February) before the Civil Appeal High Court Negombo, a further date was sought.
The Counsel appearing on behalf of the former President informed the Court that Faiszer Musthapha, PC, had been retained to support the Leave to Appeal Application on behalf of the Former President Sirisena, and as it was not a convenient date for Mr. Musthapha, he sought another date for Support.
Shammil Perera PC, the Senior Counsel for the Plaintiff strongly objecting to the application by the Counsel for the Petitioner informed Court that when the Application was taken up for Support previously, a date had been moved by the 1st Defendant – Petitioner, stating that the Counsel for the Former President Sirisena Sumith Senanayake President Counsel was out of the country at the time.
Perera further stated to Court that a series of dates had been moved to file answer in matters before the District Court of Negombo on Monday (27th February) being the latest date, and a further date had been moved on behalf of the first defendant, former President Sirisena, to file answer.
The Presidents’ Counsel informed court that the first defendant- Petitioner was trying to delay the proceedings against him.
Additional Solicitor General Ravindra Pathirana PC, appearing on behalf of the second defendant-respondent, President Ranil Wickremasinghe and 6th defendant-respondent the Attorney General, informed court that the application of the petitioner did not have merit and could not be maintained, and that he would make submissions in this regard on the next date.
Considering the circumstances as aforesaid, Court refixed the Application for Support to 15 March 2023.
Attorney-at-Law Pulasthi Rupasinghe appeared for the first Defendant-Petitioner, former President Sirisena.
Additional Solicitor General Ravindra Pathirana, PC, appeared for the second defendant respondent President Ranil Wickremesinghe and sixth defendant respondent the Attorney General.
Presidents’ Counsel Shammil Perera with Varuna Senadhira, Dilum Fernando, Ishan Razeen, Indika Bandara Abeykoon appeared for the Plaintiff – Respondent.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the proposal presented by the Minister of Transport, Highways, and Urban Development to award the contract for printing and supplying vehicle number plates for the Department of Motor Traffic for a period of five (5) years to M/s South Asian Technologies based on the recommendations of the High-Level Standing Procurement Committee and the Procurement Appeal Board.
The National Lotteries board has been established subject to the Finance Act No. 11 of 1963. Having identified the requirement of amending that act which was imposed around 62 years to cater the current requirements of the lottery market, the Cabinet of Mnisters at their meeting held on 14.02.2017 granted approval to draft a new bill for the purpose.
Accordingly, the National Lotteries Board has recognized further amendments to be performed to the fundamental draft bill prepared by the Legal Draftsmen.
Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval for the
resolution furnished by the President in his office as the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to direct the Legal Draftsmen to finalize the formulation of the draft bill for the National Lotteries Board as soon as possible including the proposed new amendments as well.
The Werahara office of the Department of Motor Traffic performs issuance of temporary driving licenses in this country based on the driving licenses issued overseas, and measures have been initiated to render the service from a service window of the Department of Motor Traffic established at the Bandaranayake International Airport from 03.08.2025.
The fees charged for issuing temporary driving licenses have been published in Motor Vehicles (Driving License Levy) Regulations No. 3 of 2022 prepared under the provisions of the Motor Traffic (Authority 203) Act.
But, as the fee of Rupees 2,000/- charged for the service is not sufficient, the requirement of amending the regulations has been recognized.
The regulations for introducing the revised fees have been published in the government extraordinary gazette
notification No. 2463/04 dated 17.11.2025. Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the resolution furnished by the Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development to
submit the regulations to the Parliament for its concurrence.
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