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SC rejects Ranjan's motion to reconsider sentence

22 Mar 2021

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday (22) rejected a motion filed by the lawyers for Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake to reconsider his sentence of four years of rigorous imprisonment. The SC sentenced Ramanayake on 12 January after he was found guilty of contempt of court, with the unanimous judgement being delivered by a three-judge bench comprising Justices Sisira J. de Abrew, President’s Counsel (PC) Vijith Kumara Malalgoda, and Preethi Padman Surasena. The case was filed against the former State Minister for allegedly making remarks defamatory to the judiciary in August 2017 when he addressed the media and claimed that the majority of the country’s judges issued partisan rulings and were corrupt. “Majority in Sri Lanka are corrupt judges. Corrupt lawyers. About 95%. They work for money. They protect murderers, corrupt people, and drug dealers for money every day,” Ramanayake had claimed. Subsequently, petitions had been filed, among others, by a retired military officer (Sunil Perera) and a Buddhist monk (Ven. Magalkande Sudhaththa Thera), claiming that such comments could shatter public confidence in the judiciary and create a warped image of the institution in the public mind. Afterwards, the Attorney General (AG) had served charges against Ramanayake before the SC. Section 120 of the Penal Code defines the offence of contempt of court as one where “whoever by words, either spoken or intended to be read, excites or attempts to excite hatred to or contempt of the administration of justice”. Further, the SC as per Article 105 (3) of the Constitution has inherent power to deal with the offence of contempt of court.

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