The Court of Appeal today (10) released an interim injunction suspending the election of the Basnayake Nilame of the Sabaragamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya in Ratnapura, which was arranged to be held tomorrow (11 ).
The injunction was provided after considering a petition submitted by S.
V.
Chandrasinghe, who had actually been appointed as the momentary chief custodian of the devalaya, and the order will remain in result till February 20.
The order was issued after considering the facts provided by Attorney-at-Law Chamara Nanayakkarawasam, who appeared on behalf of the petitioner, specifying that the way in which the appropriate election is being held was unlawful.Earlier, the court likewise enforced an injunction preventing the implementation of a decision taken by the Commissioner General of Buddhist Affairs to select S.V.
Chandrasinghe as the temporary chief custodian of the Sabaragamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya, after thinking about a petition filed by the previous Basnayake Nilame of the Sabaragamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya Migara Jayasundara, President of the Forum of Basnayake Nilames Hemantha Bandara and its Secretary Priyantha Bandara Jayasundara.