Anonymous threats to President of judges panel in white flag case – regime’s conspiracy exposed

(Lanka-e-News -06.Nov.2011, 2.30PM) The President of the panel of judges of the High court, justice Ms. Deepali Wjesundara in the white flag case had received anonymous letters threatening her with death, and these letters are written giving the impression that they are by parties linked to Gen.Sarath Fonseka, according to reports reaching Lanka e news.

Based on information provided to Lanka e news from sources close to the judges of High courts , pursuing instructions from the Rajapakse regime security division, a retired Major general who is an advisor there, had enlisted his subordinates to post these letters after writing them from remote areas outside Colombo to the judge’s residence and the court with the help of separate Vans used to travel to those areas for posting.

After justice Deepali Wijesundara had complained to the judges security unit over these letters of threat , her security has been beefed up. It is learnt that these threats are a ploy by the Rajapakse regime calculated to induce the judge to give the verdict in disfavor of Gen. Fonseka by provoking her , and creating a mental frame consonant with that.

Judicial service sources say , at a time when justice and laws are being given an un-ceremonial burial , the aims and ambitions of justices and judges are at this crucial period to dispense justice fairly and independently , but owing to threats , intimidations and undue pressures they are being stymied in their honorable efforts. The High court sources also view , the decision to summon former CJ Sarath N Silva to the Parliament to discuss a motion against him is making a nasty dent in the independence of the judiciary , and aimed at stifling judges from taking decisions duly, freely and justly.

A retired judge who wished to remain anonymous ,speaking to us said, a judge is a person who safeguards justice at the highest level and not an ordinary individual. Whether he is a Magistrate , judge of the district court , High court , appeal court or supreme court , all of them are dispensing justice and nothing else . Though they are of different courts , Justice is in the same lines whether it is in the higher or lower court.
Judges who performed their duties duly dispensing justice rightly maintaining the dignity of the profession and themselves will always be respected and revered . Not only them , even their children and grandchildren will be respected . But Judges who have not acted ethically and duly , and who have not maintained the hallowed judicial traditions have always courted disaster sooner or later . There are so many judges of that caliber in the history who have incurred the wrath not only on themselves , but on their descendents as well , the court sources revealed.

Though this retired judge revealed a whole host of names of such judges who earned displeasure , we are unable to include the details here.

Such judges who had committed evil cannot wipe out that sin or escape the wrath on them of families of the victims of wrong judgments , even if they go a hundred times to the Kelaniya Temple , or on pilgrimage to Rome or to Mecca , the retired judge emphasized.
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