CIMA granted leave to proceed

Wasantha Ramanayake

The Supreme Court granted leave to Proceed with the Fundamental Rights Application filed by members of CIMA Sri Lanka Divisional Council seeking to formulate necessary regulatory mechanisms to regulate the foreign institutions providing education service in Sri Lanka.

Counsel Sanjeewa Jayawardane for the petitioner council submitted that the 28 respondent, President of the Charted Institute of Management of London suspended the Sri Lanka Divisional Council on December 28, 2008 arbitrarily without any legal basis since there is no regulatory mechanisms set down by the Government to regulate Foreign Institutions providing education services in Sri Lanka. The failure to set down such regulations are in violation of the rights of the petitioners.

The petitioners also sought an interim order staying the purported suspension of the CIMA Sri Lanka Divisional Council until the final determination of the rights application.

The Bench comprised Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva PC and Justices Jagath Balapatabendi and S.I. Imam. Sanjeewa Jayawradane with Rajeeva Amarasuriya instructed by G.G. Arul Pragasam appeared for the petitioners.

The application will be mentioned on March 16.