Sri Lankan Supreme Court Denounces Emergency Ruling of 2022

2022 Emergency to quell Sri Lanka protests was violation of fundamental rights, rules SC

On July 18, Wickremesinghe issued an emergency order to remove demonstrators who were occupying the presidential secretariat's entry gate

Sri Lankan Supreme Court Denounces Emergency Ruling of 2022

A Supreme Court bench in Sri Lanka declared that the state of emergency imposed in July 2022 was unconstitutional, violating fundamental rights. The decision comes after protests erupted due to an unprecedented financial crisis, ultimately leading to the resignation of then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Three petitions were filed challenging the emergency declaration.

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Ranil’s 2022 Emergency Laws Violated Fundamental Rights, Says Supreme Court

COLOMBO (News 1st); On July 17, 2022, then-Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe imposed emergency regulations across Sri Lanka under the Public Secur - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.

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Ranil’s emergency regulations in 2022 violated fundamental rights – SC rules - LankaXpress

The Supreme Court, in a majority decision, today ruled Fundamental Rights have been violated through then Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s orders to disperse the ‘Aragalaya’ protestors from Galle Face on 17 July 2022, by resorting to Emergency Regulations under the Public Security Act. The majority of the judges on the three-member bench held that the Emergency Regulations promulgated by the then Acting President under Section 2 of the Pu…