INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Court of Appeal has decided to defer further consideration of the case filed against the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Interim Committee until
December 13.When the case was called before the Appeals Court this morning, the attorney-at-law representing the new Sports Minister Harin
Fernando sought more time for his client to deliberate on the matter and convey his stance to the bench.Accordingly, the case was fixed for
December 13 for further consideration.Further, Sports Minister Fernando gave an undertaking before the Appeals Court, pledging that no
further action would be taken in respect of the Gazette notification issued by his predecessor MP Roshan Ranasinghe.On Nov.06, a
seven-member Interim Committee was appointed by the then-Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe
It was chaired by World Cup-winning former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga and consisted of S
Imam, Retired Supreme Court Judge; Rohini Marasinghe, Retired Supreme Court Judge; Irangani Perera, Retired High Court Judge; Arjuna
Ranatunga (Chairman); Upali Dharmadasa; Rakitha Rajapakshe, Attorney-at-Law; and Hisham Jamaldeen.The following day, the Appeals Court
issued a 14-day stay order on the Interim Committee
The relevant order was issued by a two-member judge bench consisting of Appeals Court President Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and Justice
Vikum Kaluarachchi, upon consideration of the writ application filed by the SLC President Shammi Silva challenging the move.Later, on
Nov.13, then Sports Minister Ranasinghe filed a motion requesting the lifting of the stay order.Nevertheless, on Nov.27, President Ranil
Wickremesinghe removed SLPP parliamentarian Ranasinghe from all his positions including as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and
Minister of Irrigation.Harin Fernando, who was serving as the Minister of Tourism, was thus sworn in as the new Minister of Sports to
