Notice issued on AG in writ application filed by Kumar Rupasinghe

by Wasantha Ramanayake

The Appeal Court issued notice on the Attorney General in the writ application filed by Kumar Rupasinghe compelling the IGP to take action against JVP Propaganda Secretary Wimal Weerawansa. The Court issued notice on the Attorney General to appraise the court the steps that had taken in connection with the complaint made to the Maharagama Police by petitioner Kumar Rupasinghe.

The Bench comprised Justices K. Sripavan and Sisira de Abrew. Upul Jayasuriya, the counsel for the petitioner submitted that his client was the founding chairman of the Foundation for Co-Existence (FCE), a non profit making non-governmental organisation-NGO and was a global peace campaigner.

The counsel submitted that the petitioner made a complaint to the Maharagama Police that a speech made by Wimal Weerawansa in Maharagama on April 6, identify him as a conspirator against Sri Lanka, a traitor and a person more dangerous than LTTE leader Prabhakaran and his NGO as one of the main agents in the movement that dissolve and dismantles the country would provoke public to cause him harm.

The counsel submitted that the petitioner had subsequently complained it to the IGP without success.

The counsel submitted that the omission of the part of the first respondent IGP not to prosecute Weerawansa was arbitrary and unreasonable.

The petitioner sought a Writ of Mandamus directing the first respondent IGP to take necessary steps under the Penal Law against the second respondent Wimal Weerawansa to arrest and produce him before an appropriate Court of Law.

The petitioner cited IGP Chandra Fernando, JVP Propaganda Secretary Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, the JVP, its General Secretary Tilvin Silva and the Attorney General as respondents. The notice is returnable on October 24.