Director General of Government Information Dinith Chinthaka Karunaratne through his lawyer informed the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday (6) that the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction to hear the Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed against the non-holding of Local Government (LG) elections.

When the relevant petitions were called up before a five-member Supreme Court bench of Judges for further hearing, Eraj de Silva, PC, who appeared for the Director General of Government Information, stated this while presenting his objections regarding the petitions.

These petitions were called for hearing before a five-member Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya and Judges Vijith Malalgoda, Murdu Fernando, Gamini Amarasekara and Yasantha Kodagoda.

President’s Counsel Eraj de Silva, who appeared on behalf of the Director General of Government Information, who is a respondent in the petitions, presented the facts at length.

He submitted facts that the allocation of money related to an election comes under state funds.

He submitted further that Parliament has all the powers related to the collection, allotment and administration of public money and neither the Supreme Court nor any other Court has any power to interfere in any matter of Parliament.

(dailynews.lk)

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