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Gammanpila seeks court order to overturn Colombo Fort protest ban
Former minister Udaya Gammanpila filed a writ application in the Court of Appeal yesterday (19), requesting a writ order to prevent the
Summary
Officer-in-Charge of Fort Police, Inspector General of Police, Attorney General, and Colombo Fort Magistrate were named as respondents of the petition. The petition states that this order restricts freedom of speech and expression and assembly guaranteed by the Constitution, and the respondents obtained the relevant order by submitting false information to the court.
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People
- Udaya Gammanpila2
- Venerable Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera
- Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera
- Ulapane Sumangala Thera
- Pasan Amarasena
Organisations
- Court of Appeal2
- Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Presidential Secretariat
- Fort Magistrate's Court
- Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Fort Police
Places
- Colombo2
- Colombo Fort
- Kandy
Keywords
- order2
- challenges
- provisions
- terrorism
- overturn
- protest
- monks
- seeks
- anti
- bill
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