The Colombo High Court has postponed the delivery of judgments in four cases filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against former Deputy Minister Sarana Gunawardena until 9 June. The order was issued by Judge Mohamed Mihal.

The judgments in the four cases, which were filed by the CIABOC against Gunawardena, were scheduled to be delivered yesterday (26). However, when the cases were taken up before Court, Judge Mihal informed them that the verdicts were not yet ready. Accordingly, the Judge ordered that the judgments be delivered on 9 June. The verdicts were originally set to be announced on 30 April by Judge Mihal. However, the Judge informed the Court on that date that the delivery of the judgments would be postponed until yesterday.

The four cases were instituted by the CIABOC, alleging that Gunawardena caused a financial loss to the State/Government during his tenure as the Chairperson of the National Lotteries Board in 2006 by procuring vehicles for the Board on a rental basis.