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Court of Appeal Hears Yoshitha Rajapaksa's Revision Petition on Conspiracy Charge
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Court of Appeal Hears Yoshitha Rajapaksa's Revision Petition on Conspiracy Charge

TLDR

  • Yoshitha Rajapaksa's petition hearing concluded at Court of Appeal.

  • Decision on dismissing conspiracy charge due July 3.

  • Yoshitha also skipped Bribery Commission hearing.

Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, appeared before the Court of Appeal on June 16 to attend the hearing of his revision petition. The petition seeks to overturn a Colombo High Court order that allowed a conspiracy charge against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to proceed. The Court of Appeal bench, comprising Justices Amal Ranaraja and Dr. Sumudu Premachandra, heard arguments on the matter. Rajapaksa's petition contends that the conspiracy charge cannot be maintained.

2 Updates

Update #3\u00b7 Jun 16 · 9:31 AM

The Court of Appeal has concluded hearings on Yoshitha Rajapaksa's petition seeking to dismiss the 'conspiracy' charge under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The court announced its order will be delivered on July 3. The petition was argued by Attorney Hafiel Faris, with Deputy Solicitor General Janaka Bandara representing the Attorney General. The bench hearing the submissions comprised Justices Amal Ranaraja and Dr. Sumudu Premachandra.

Update #2\u00b7 Jun 16 · 7:15 AM

The Court of Appeal has concluded hearings on Yoshitha Rajapaksa's petition seeking to dismiss the 'conspiracy' charge in his money laundering case. A decision is scheduled for July 3. Rajapaksa also informed the Bribery Commission he could not attend their proceedings today due to the Court of Appeal hearing.

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