The Bribery Commission had filed the case against Rajapaksa alleging that the Government incurred a loss of Rs 11.4 billion as a result of Rajapaksa's approval on the maintenance of the Avant-Garde Maritime Services floating armoury. The Colombo Magistrate’s Court had rejected the preliminary objections raised by the former Defence Secretary challenging the allegations levelled against him by the Bribery Commission. He then lodged a revision application stating that the rejection of his preliminary objections was unlawful, which was allowed by the Appeals Court to proceed today.