The Supreme Court has actually dismissed the petition submitted challenging the choice to hold the General Election on November 14.
The three-member Supreme Court judge bench consisting of Justices Preethi Padman Surasena, Shiran Gunaratne and Priyantha Fernando bought the appropriate petition to be dismissed without using up for hearing following a prolonged consideration of facts presented.This order was provided after thinking about the realities provided by the Additional Solicitor General Viraj Dayaratne who appeared on behalf of the Attorney General that the date for the election has been effectively set by the President in accordance with the Elections Act and that the activities related to the poll have actually practically been finished by now.On October 21, the civil society activist and convenor of the Api Sri Lanka nationwide organization H.M Priyantha Herath filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the decision to hold the General Election on November 14, seeking an order declaring that the decision violates the Constitution.The Attorney General, the Secretary to the President, the Chairman of the Election Commission and its members were named as respondents in the petition.The petitioner has actually claimed that based on Section 10 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, the duration for accepting elections was declared from October 4 to October 11.
The petition had additional mentioned that according to the Parliamentary Elections Act, the date for ballot ought to be arranged not less than 5 weeks and not more than seven weeks from the date of closing of nominations.Accordingly, the petition specified that once the election period concluded on October 11, the five-week period would conclude on November 15, and the seven-week duration would be finished on November 29.
The petitioner had requested the Supreme Court to provide an order mentioning that the peoples sovereignty and the Constitution are breached by this decision.
The petitioner has actually requested the Supreme Court to release proper orders to rectify this pertinent decision.