Keheliya’s writ fixed for consideration by Appeals Court
May 14, 2024 03:08 pm
The Court of Appeal ordered that the writ application filed by former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, seeking an order to invalidate the decision taken by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court to remand him in custody until the conclusion of the trial related to the import of substandard immunoglobulin vials, will be taken up for consideration on May 31.
The petition was taken up for consideration before a two-member Appeals Court judge bench comprising Justices Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and Shashi Mahendran on Tuesday (14).
Thereafter, the court ordered for the petition to be taken up for consideration on May 31 and for it to be considered from the beginning once again.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal has also ordered that the writ petition filed by the former Director of the Health Ministry’s Medical Supplies Division (MSD) Dr Kapila Wickramanayake, seeking an order to invalidate the decision taken by the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court to remand him in custody until the conclusion of the trial related to the substandard human immunoglobulin vials scandal, will be taken up for consideration on May 30.
