Page 3 - Mohan Peiris News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Share: Colombo (News 1st); Justice Minister Ali Sabry told the Sri Lankan Parliament on Monday (05), the process adopted in removing Mohan Peiris from the post of Chief Justice was illegal. “The Parliament is empowered by the constitution to decide on the removal of a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal Court. The Standing Order in Parliament mentions the process that needs to be followed,” said the Justice Minister. He said the President cannot remove a judge of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeal, as he pleases. In January 2015, then-Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena rem...

UNSC Watch: COVID-19 Resolution Finds Record Sponsors, Council Loses its ‘Guernica’ The UN Security Council adopted two more resolutions – sanctions on Yemen and resolution reauthorising deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia. The United Nations Security Council meets about the situation in Syria at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., February 28, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Carlo Allegri/File Photo World01/Mar/2021 New Delhi: It was a busy week at the United Nations Security Council last week, with the passage of three re...