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Ranjan arrives in Court for 2nd contempt case

24 Jan 2022

Former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ranjan Ramanayake was produced before the Supreme Court this morning (24), for the hearing of the second contempt of court case against him. Ramanayake was escorted to the court complex by prison officers in a prison bus, a short while ago, reporters confirmed. The case was filed against the former Deputy Minister over Contempt of Court charges for allegedly making a controversial statement regarding the composition of the Supreme Court judge bench hearing the petitions filed against the President’s dissolution of Parliament in 2018. In January last year, Ramanayake was convicted over another contempt of court charge and was sentenced to a prison term of four years of rigorous imprisonment.


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