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RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, No. 12 OF 2016 ( Sinhala, English)

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION; TO SPECIFY GROUNDS ON WHICH ACCESS MAY BE DENIED; TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION COMMISSION; TO APPOINT INFORMATION OFFICERS; TO SET OUT THE PROCEDURE AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR INCIDENTAL THERETO. WHEREAS the Constitution guarantees the right of access to information in Article 14A thereof and there exists a need to foster a culture of transparency and accountability in public authorities by giving effect to the right of access to information and thereby promote a society in…

SUPPORTING SURVIVORS OF MALE SEXUAL VIOLENCE Report 2016 Supported by a grant from the “Open Society Foundations”

The ongoing researches in Sri Lanka on torture and torture related matters has to be looked into in various angles and should not be repeated by any chance. At the same the output of the research has to be reached to the targeted audience. The awareness among general public on this perspective on torture has to be built up in the future and the endeavor has to be done on this regard in different angle. The evidence based advocacy has to be the approach. specially in this research has been…

NINETEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ( Sinhala, Tamil, English)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA Be it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:- read the full amendment in English read the full amendment in Sinhala read the full amendment in Tamil

A collection of documents on THE IMPEACHMENT MOTION AGAINST SHIRANI BANDARANAYAKE Chief Justice Of Sri Lanka by Asian Human Rights Commission

To all persons whose support is solicited An impeachment motion has been filed by 117 Members of Parliament who are members of the ruling alliance against the Chief Justice, Mrs. Shirani Bandaranayake.The background to the filing was some judgements given by the Supreme Court bench of which the Chief Justice was the head declaring some bills submitted to them by the government were in conflict with the Constitution. These judgements have been seen by almost everyone as the reason behind the impeachment.The lawyers for the Chief Justice have already issued…

Arshan Rajinikanth vs Officer in Charge Bulathsinhala Police Station and others SC/FR Application No:-194/2012

The Petitioner who was 22 years at the time of the incident worked as a three wheeler driver. The Petitioner states that on 13th October 2011 at about 9.30 a.m three individuals by the names of Roshan, Selvanayagam and Raja arrived on a motor bicycle at the Petitioner’s residence and informed the Petitioner that he was wanted by the police. The Petitioner recognized these individuals as they lived in the same area. The two individuals named Roshan and Selvanayagam got the Petitioner on to the motor bicycle and took the…

Chaminda Sampath Kumara vs Sub Inspector Salwatura, and others SC FR Application No. 244 / 2010

Chaminda Sampath Kumara was 31 yrs. He was a labourer. He has had no previous conviction of any offence or even a complaint against him prior to the incident which is the basis of the case in hand. He has come before this court complaining about his arrest by the Police and how much of physical and mental pain he had to go through until he was produced before the Magistrate. He has sought relief in respect of violation of his fundamental rights guaranteed by and under the Constitution. This…

W.N.D. Gunasekara vs Police Constable Chandana and others SC FR No. 859/2009

The Petitioner at the time relevant to this application was serving as an Instructor at the Automobile Engineering Training Institute (hereinafter referred to as the “Institute”) of Orugodawatta on contract basis. On 25.06.2009 the Petitioner boarded a bus at Borella at or about 7.35 a.m to reach his work place which is located near the Toyota Junction in Orugodawatta. Petitioner got off the bus around 7.50a.m and has tried to cross the road by walking on the pedestrian crossing at the said junction along with a group of people with…

Malalage Gunadasa Peiris vs Hettigedara Weerakoon, Inspector of Police, and Others SC (FR) Application No. 278/2008

he was arrested by certain police officers attached to the Anuradhapura Police Station, who tortured him while in police custody, resulting in severe injuries. On 17th September 2008, this Court granted leave to proceed only with respect to the alleged violation of Article 11 of the Constitution, which provides that no person “shall be subjected to torture, or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” after few years ago published the judgement that was given by court. ”And Accordingly, I make order upholding the substitution that was effected by…

Dodampe Gamage Asantha Aravinda vs Atapattu (21899) Police Sergeant, Police Station, Pitabeddara, Bandu Saman (64017) Police Constable, Police Station, Pitabeddara and another | No:26/2009

The Petitioner, by this petition, inter alia, seeks a declaration to the effect that his fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 11,12(1),13(1) and 13(2) of the Constitution have been violated by the Respondents . This Court by its order dated 11.2.2009, granted leave to proceed for alleged violation of Article 11 and 12(1) of the Constitution. The Petitioner in his petition alleges the following facts. When the petitioner on 28.2.2008 riding his motor cycle with his friend Thushara Chaminda on the pillion in Pitabeddara (name of a village) area, lorry driven…

දිනේශ් තරින්ද වදහිංසා නඩුව 2303/2007

2004.06.01 හා 2004.06.03 වන දින අතර කාලය තුල දී මොහුට චූදිත හර්ෂණ තිලංග ගුණසිංහ යන අය තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමට බියගන්වා වද දුන් බැවින් 1994 අංක 22 දරණ සම්මුතියේ වගන්ති අනුව මොහු වරදක් සිදුකර ඇත. ඒ අනුව මෙම දිනේශ් තරින්ද යන යන අයව අත්තඩංගුවට ගෙන මාංචු දමා විනාඩි 45ක් පමණ පහර දී ඇත. ඒ අවස්තාවේ දී ඔහුට ක්‍රිකට් පොලු වලින්ද පහර දී ඇත. එමෙන්ම ඔහුට පා පහරවල් ද එල්ල කර ඇතම් මෙම පහර දීම් නිසා ඔහුගේ අත කැඩුණු බව ද පවසයි. නමුත් මෙම චෝදනා සියල්ලෙහිම සාක්ෂි සලකා බැලීමේ දී සාධාරණ සැකයෙන් ඔබ්බට…