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Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 11:53 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 14, Colombo: Health Minister Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi Monday (Dec 14) filed a preliminary objection in the Court of Appeal seeking the dismissal of a writ petition filed by the former members of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) challenging the appointment of a new chairman and four new members.
The preliminary objection noted that according to the Medical Ordinance, the Minister of Health has the power to suspend or remove members of the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
The writ petition, filed by three members of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) including its former chairman Prof. Harendra Silva, challenging the appointment of a new chairman and four members was taken up before a bench of Justices Arjuna Obeysekera and Sobhitha Rajakaruna Monday (14).