The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has ordered five police officers to personally pay a total compensation of Rs. 900,000 to a farmer whose fundamental rights were violated through an unlawful arrest, custodial torture, and arbitrary prosecution. The judgment was delivered on 10 December 2025 by a three-judge Bench comprising Justice S. Thurairaja, PC, Justice […]
The Supreme Court today (05) leave granted to proceed in the Fundamental Rights petition SC/FR/157/23, filed over the shooting of a schoolboy in Thihagoda, Matara an incident that has raised serious concerns regarding the alleged excessive use of force by police officers. The case was taken up before the Supreme Court, where submissions from both the petitioner
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A three-member bench of the Supreme Court ruled yesterday (10th) that the fundamental rights of Mrs. Bimshani Jasinghaarachchi, the current Senior Superintendent of Police and the first female officer to hold the position of Acting Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Community Police Unit in Sri Lanka, had been violated. As a result, the court
