INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Supreme Court has actually bought to call the defense following an appeal submitted by the Attorney General (AG) challenging the
decision issued by Colombo High Court to acquit former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and previous IGP Pujith Jayasundara from the
charges of failure to prevent 2019 Easter Sunday fear attacks in spite of getting prior information.The appeal was filed versus the verdict
provided by a three-member High Court judge bench to acquit the former Defence Secretary and the former IGP from the charges of Criminal
dereliction of task and murder through their failure to prevent 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks regardless of receiving info prior to the
attacks.This choice was taken by the five-member Supreme Court judge bench led by Justices Preethi Padman Surasena following an extended
hearing of the appropriate appeal submitted by the AG.The Colombo High Court had earlier purchased to acquit and launch Hemasiri Fernando
and Pujith Jayasundara without calling for defense statements, following the hearing of a case filed by the Attorney General.The AG had
actually later on submitted this appeal with the Supreme Court challenging the Colombo HCs choice, seeking to invalidate the pertinent
decision and for it to be declared unlawful.Following the hearing of the appeal, the Supreme Court judge bench declared that the High Court
should have required defense throughout the hearings of the case.
