A Supreme Court ruling denounced former President Maithripala Sirisena and some of his top officials for what it called “reckless failure” to prevent the attacks, which killed more than 200 ...

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s former President Maithripala Sirisena and four other senior government officials responsible for failing to prevent the 2019 Easter ...

A seven-judge bench of the top court ordered former President Maithripala Sirisena to pay 100 million rupees ($273,300) from his personal funds. It also ordered the police chief, two top ...

Srilanka, April 22 -- Former President Maithripala Sirisena arrived at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday (21) morning around 10 am to provide a statement related to the ...

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Within the legal circles of Colombo, particularly in Hulftsdorp, it’s no secret that Justice Padman Surasena, ...

The writ petition filed by former President Maithripala Sirisena was today fixed for July 31 by the Court of Appeal. This petition is to be heard before a fuller bench comprising five judges of ...

Srilanka, April 8 -- Former President Maithipala Sirisena who arrived yesterday (07) afternoon at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) had left in the evening after recording a statement.

The court ordered ex-President Maithripala Sirisena to appear on Oct. 14 in a complaint filed by a Catholic priest and a worshipper saying his negligence led to the near-simultaneous bomb blasts ...

Srilanka, April 28 -- Former President Maithripala Sirisena, named as a witness in the case related to a 2008 suicide bombing attack in Boralesgamuwa, recorded his evidence before the Colombo High ...