Supreme Court upholds Rs. 1 million compensation order against Wimal Weerawansa
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Wimal Weerawansa ordered to pay Tilvin Silva Rs. 1 Million
The Supreme Court has upheld the order directing former Minister Wimal Weerawansa to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation to JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva for violating his intellectual property rights. The order was originally issued by the Colombo Commercial High Court on January 11, 2019, in a case filed by Tilvin Silva over the book “Neththa Wenuwata Eththa”, authored by Weerawansa. Silva had stated before the Commercial High Court that We…
The Supreme Court today (09) dismissed the appeal filed by former Minister Wimal Weerawansa against the Colombo Commercial High Court order to pay compensation of one million rupees to JVP Secretary Tilvin Silva, ruling that certain documents included in his book "Truth Instead of No" had infringed on his intellectual property rights.
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