The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday (8) granted permission to hear three Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed by the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Shani Abeysekara and two others.

The petitioners requested a ruling that their fundamental human rights were violated by being arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division in 2020 without any reasonable suspicion.

Former Inspectors Sudath Mendis and H.D.M. Premathilaka also filed petitions seeking a similar ruling from the SC.

The order was issued by a three-Judge bench of the SC chaired by Justice Mahinda Samayawardhena, after a lengthy consideration of the facts.