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Summons served to interdicted Judge Gihan Pilapitiya

02 Mar 2020

The Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court has issued notices to interdicted Judge Gihan Pilapitiya to appear before court on the 2nd of April.

Last month, the Appeal court had issued an order preventing the arrest of Judge Pilapitiya without a Magistrate’s Court order. The order was issued after Judge Pilapitiya filed a writ petition before the Appeal Court on the 19th of February. The petition requested the court to issue an interim injunction order preventing his arrest. On the 11th of February, Attorney General (AG) Dappula de Livera had ordered Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Senior DIG C.D. Wickramaratne to invoke the judicial process on Pilapitiya. The AG had earlier instructed the Director of the Colombo Crime Division (CCD) to obtain a warrant and arrest interdicted Judge Pilapitiya and produce him before court. The AG directed the CCD to arrest Pilapitiya for conspiring to fabricate false evidence along with MP Ranjan Ramanayake. However, Wikramarathne had instead appointed a five-member committee to study the instructions issued by the AG.  


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