INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been named as a respondent of the writ petition filed with the Court of Appeal challenging the
relevant writ petition filed by Epic Lanka Private Limited, through a motion submitted by the petitioning party, when the petition was taken
up before the two-member Appeals Court judge bench comprising Justices Mohammed Laffar and P
Kumaratnam today (06).During the hearing, the attorneys who appeared for the two foreign companies named as respondents stated that their
clients have been critically prejudiced through the interim injunction issued by the court preventing the purchase of 5 million
e-passports.The attorneys, who pointed out that the relevant injunction will be in effect until the hearings of the petition are concluded,
argued that the process of purchasing the passports in question has been carried out under an informal procurement system.Furthermore, the
and for a final verdict to be issued.Following the consideration of the facts presented, the bench ordered the petitioning party to file
recalled on December 09 for the consideration of facts on whether or not the injunction should be lifted.The petition has been filed by Epic
Lanka Private Limited seeking an order invalidating the decision taken by the previous government to purchase 750,000 normal passports and 5
million e-passports from two foreign firms.
