Court of Appeal dismisses case against Prime Minister

The Court of Appeal dismissed a writ application seeking a Writ of Quo Warranto against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today.

Petitioner Sharmila Gonawala, a Colombo Municipal Council member of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and Co-President of the Women's Organization for Justice, filed a writ petition in the Court of Appeal, seeking an order in the nature of a Writ of Quo Warranto declaring that UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe is disqualified to be a Member of Parliament and thus the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as a member of Parliament void and that he has no right to continue to hold office as a member of Parliament. 

However, the bench comprising Justices Shiran Gunaratne and Priyantha Fernando upheld the preliminary objections raised on the maintainability of the Writ of Quo Warranto application against Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and dismissed the petition. 

K Kanag-Isvaran PC appeared for the Premier while Suren Fernando appeared for the UNP General Secretary. Uditha Egalahewa PC appeared for the petitioner.