It is reported that the Supreme Court has decided to invalidate the decision taken by former President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to grant amnesty to ex-parliamentarian Mr. Duminda Silva, who was sentenced to death in connection with the murder of Bharata Lakshman Premachandra.
A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Mr. Preethi Padman Surasena has given this decision after examining the petitions filed by Mr. Bharata Lakshman’s wife Sumana Premachandra, daughter Hirunika Premachandra and lawyer Ghazali Hussain, a former commissioner of the Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court has ordered the Commissioner General of Prisons to take steps to implement the sentence imposed on this petitioner.