Supreme Court rejects motions to reconsider sentence on Ranjan Ramanayake
Posted by Editor on March 22, 2021 - 12:44 pm
The Supreme Court has rejected the motion filed by former Minister Ranjan Ramanayake, who was sentenced to a four-year rigorous imprisonmen over contempt of court.
He had filed a writ through a motion in the Supreme Court to survey the conviction.
On August 21 in 2017, Ramanayake, speaking to the media following a meeting with then-Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Temple Trees, claimed that the majority of judges in the country issue biased rulings and that they are corrupt.
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You are my hero, Mr.Ranjan. You are very rare honest person.
You will get released very soon when a new government in power.