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Supreme Court upholds Rs. 1 million compensation order against Wimal Weerawansa
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed by former Minister Wimal Weerawansa, upholding a previous court order directing him to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation to the General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva for violating his intellectual property rights.
Summary
The Supreme Court on Thursday (9) upheld a previous Commercial High Court ruling directing former Minister Wimal Weerawansa to pay Rs. The court subsequently ordered Weerawansa to pay Rs. Challenging that decision, Weerawansa filed an appeal before the Supreme Court seeking to overturn the Commercial High Court's ruling.
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