Colombo Informer

Norway shocked by court ruling The Norwegian Foreign Ministry says it is unable to understand the court ruling last week that allowed an NGO to proceed with a case against the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo. Colombo Additional District Judge Amali Ranaweera had last week ruled that … Full News here – Read more on Colombo [...]

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Ugo Colombo, Craig Robins in court dispute over corporate jet Longtime Miami developers Ugo Colombo and Craig Robins are slugging it out in court over a $ 22 million corporate jet their companies owned jointly, the Business Journal has learned. The company that owns the jet, called UC Challenger LLC, filed for … Full News [...]

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Geriatric Colombo underboss must see out 8 year sentence: court A 95-year-old mob boss who authorities say boasted about killing 60 people in a lifetime of crime must serve his eight-year prison sentence after his racketeering conspiracy conviction, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. John "Sonny" Franzese was … Full News here – Read more [...]

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* Sri Lanka's Bar Council to support a call for Supreme Court judges not to … Jan 13, Colombo: The Bar Council of Sri Lanka has endorsed a call by senior lawyers to Supreme Court judges asking them not to sit with a new Chief Justice. Eminent lawyers in a letter to Supreme Court judges [...]

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OH YEAH RIGHT, COLOMBO DID NOT KICK EIGHT SUPREME COURT … There was no impeachment not even by the rules of the Article 107 that he wrote into his brand new, spanking constitution. Colombo elite lawyers and the Colombo elite NGO brigade took the little green book wisdom of J R Jayewardene as their gospel. [...]

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* Sri Lankan court deports Taiwanese extortionists Jan 01, Colombo: A Sri Lankan court has ordered the deportation of a Taiwanese gang arrested for operating a money laundering scam from Sri Lanka through the internet. The Colombo Chief Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli ordered the Taiwanese gang of 74 … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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* Sri Lankan court grants bail to 27 Indian fishermen Dec 25, Trincomalee: A Sri Lankan court today granted bail to27 Indian fishermen arrested by the Navy when the Indinas were poaching in Sri Lankan waters Sunday (December 23). Trincomalee Additional Magistrate S.Sathishtharan today released the 27 … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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Sri Lankan court summons speaker, lawmakers COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Three Sri Lankan judges have summoned the parliament speaker and 11 lawmakers to appear before an appeals court in response to a complaint by the country's chief justice that a parliamentary committee unfairly convicted her of … Full News here – Read more on The [...]

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Sri Lanka parliament speaker rebuffs Supreme Court summons COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's parliament speaker on Thursday rejected a supreme court summons to a parliamentary panel looking into a move to impeach the chief justice, deepening a crisis that has raised concern about the independence of the … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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* Sri Lankan court takes up petitions filed against controversial piece of … Oct 18, Colombo: The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has today taken up for consideration three petitions filed against the controversial Divi Neguma Bill. In addition to today's petitions, there are currently 11 petitions filed against the Bill before … Full News [...]

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Maldives ex-leader arrested after no-show in court COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Police in the Maldives arrested former President Mohamed Nasheed on Monday after he twice failed to appear before a court to face charges that he illegally ordered the arrest of a judge while in office. Nasheed, who has said the … Full News here [...]

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Maldives court orders travel ban on ex-president COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A court in the Maldives has banned former President Mohamed Nasheed from leaving the capital without official permission, in what his party on Wednesday called a politically motivated move. Nasheed resigned as president in … Full News here – Read more on SunHerald.com

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* Sri Lankan lawyers continue protests against attack at the Mannar court Aug 05, Colombo: The lawyers of the Mannar court has decided to boycott the court proceedings until the suspects of the attack against the Mannar court and threatening the Magistrate are arrested. I.C. Fernando, the Chairman of the Bar Association of … Full [...]

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COLOMBO, July 20 (Xinhua) — An island wide joint boycott of work by lawyers, judges and judicial staff against an attack on a court house and threat on a judge by a minister has brought Sri Lanka’s judicial activities to a standstill, an official said on Friday. Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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Colombo, Jul 18 (PTI) A petition filed by the parents of a deceased Tamil prisoner demanding his funeral to be held at their native place was postponed to July 20 by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court today. Ganesan Nimalaruban a prison inmate in … Full News here – Colombo – Bing News

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