‘Public opinion plays a crucial role in modern Democracy; freedom to form public opinion is of great importance’- Three judge bench including CJ

-Fatal blow to those stifling media which criticize scoundrels who disgrace judiciary !

(Lanka-e-News -30.Sep.2016, 10.15PM) It is a well and widely known fact that lawless and villainous  judges of the nefarious decade are being bitterly castigated by the electronic media, print media and social media . Sadly, these scoundrels are seeking   support and security from yet another corrupt notorious rascal of a lawyer Hemantha Warnakulasuriya of the Blue Brigand who collected many millions of rupees on the sly  from heroin magnates, in order to stifle the media which are exposing the sordid and squalid details of these judges.   

While this venal and criminal black coated shark is viciously and vigorously engaged in these odious and obnoxious attempts , Justice Anil Gunaratne of the  bench of three judges of the supreme court (SC)  which included  chief justice (CJ) Kanagasabapathy SriPavan ,on the other hand  delivering a land mark verdict declared,  ‘public opinion plays a crucial role in modern Democracy .Freedom to form opinions is of great importance’ which was a  thundering slap in the face of this lawyer liar rascal .

The three judges panel made this announcement on the 28 th  when delivering a judgment pertaining to a petition filed by  a  teacher ,Samanthi Manohari Pellaketiya of Mahanama College that her fundamental rights were violated. The three judges who heard the case were :  SriPavan CJ, Anil Gunaratne and Upali Abeyratne. 

The plaintiff  was working as a music teacher at Mahanama College . When she fell victim to sexual molestation at the hands of the principal and his henchman , she exposed this to the media. Thereafter , she was interdicted on the grounds that she violated the Establishment code. 

The victim as a last resort filed  a Fundamental rights ( FR) petition in the supreme court (SC)  and it was J.C. Weliamuna a most popular FR lawyer who appeared for  the victim  . Finally it was decided by the judges that the accused were guilty and the  teacher be paid a compensation of Rs. 100,000.00 by each of  the respondents. 

The SC in that case stressed a further most important and salient point when delivering the decision . That is , the Establishment code provision that is militating against the rights of all State employees to express their views shall be amended. 

Under chapter XXXi section 3.2 of the Establishment code the right of a State employees to express his/her  views to the media has been denied. Many employees who were held guilty  under that section had been punished  previously  . The decision of the SC after examining the petition SC/FR/76/2012 delivered on 28 th sought to give a new interpretation to this barrier against the State employees. 

Though the government by bringing forth the right to information bill withdrew the impediments  operating against the right to information, steps were not  taken to take away   the barrier in the aforementioned section  militating against the State employees under the Establishment code .  Hence , the attention of everyone was  drawn to this. 

May we recall Lanka e news on 2012-05-14 revealed full details of this injustice meted out to  Music teacher Ms. Samanthi Manohari Pelaketiya , even when  Lanka e news was a banned website at that  time. Viewers can read the report via   the following links :

https://www.facebook.com/lankaenews/photos/a.219828384749001.57957.219430344788805/352906188107886/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/lankaenews/posts/605497632848739

The full landmark judgment of CJ can be read via the following links:

http://www.supremecourt.lk/images/documents/sc_fr_76_2012.pdf

If the president and the secretary of the Bar Association who recently held a meeting to stoop to carry out the sordid biddings of kudu (heroin) lawyer Hemantha Warnakulasuriya , will read the full verdict of the CJ , it will do a great deal of good to them rather than their wasting time on purposeless meetings to serve the ‘kude kudu’ agendas of black coated sharks and lawyer criminals. 

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by     (2016-09-30 17:23:17)