Joseph Stalin files FR
16 July 2021 01:48 pm
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The General Secretary of CeylonTeachers Union Joseph Stalin today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court seeking a declaration that attempts by police and Health Authorities to prevent protests using quarantine regulations violate people's fundamental rights.
This petitioner had named IGP Chandana Wickremaratne, Director General of Health Services Asela Gunawardena, the OIC of Thalangama Police, the OIC of Mirihana Police Station, Health Minister Pavithra Devi Wanniaarachi and Attorney General as respondents.
According to the petition, Joseph Stalin is a teacher by profession and is serving in the teacher's service for more than approximately 30 years.
The petitioner said the protestors gathered at Battaramulla junction on the 8th of July, against the proposed Kotalawela Defence Academy Bill.
The petitioner stated that around 11 am, a group of police used excessive force to disperse the protestors and arrested the corpus together with around 30 persons.
The petitioner stated that the protestors who were released on bail by Colombo Magistrate then forcibly taken to quarantine centre in Mullaitivu without any presence of the health authority or antigen test or PCR test.
The petitioner is seeking a declaration that the Petitioners' fundamental rights under Articles 12(1), 13, 14(1)(a), 14(1)(b) and 14(1)(c) guaranteed under the Constitution have been infringed by the respondents.