The Supreme Court has actually rejected 53 writ petitions and 6 essential rights petitions filed by political parties challenging the rejection of their nomination papers sent for the 2025 city government elections, without taking them into consideration.After a prolonged trial, Supreme Court Justice S.
Thurairaja, with the concurrence of Justices Mahinda Samayawardhena and Sampath Abeykoon, delivered the judgment.After considering the petitions, Deputy Solicitor General Kanishka de Silva, appearing on behalf of the Attorney General, raised preliminary objections and argued that the Supreme Court did not have jurisdiction to hear the petitions.Accordingly, she asked for the court to dismiss the petitions without taking them into consideration.In delivering the decision, the judge bench specified that they accepted the initial objections raised by the Attorney General.Consequently, the bench revealed that the petitions would be dismissed without issuing notifications for a hearing.