26 January 2022 09:43 am Views - 189
BY Lakmal Sooriyagoda
A special leave to appeal petition filed by the parents of the youths who went missing in 2008 was yesterday fixed for support on July 7 by Supreme Court.
The petitioners are challenging Appeal Court’s decision to dismiss their writ petition filed over Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda.
On November 10 last year, the Court of Appeal decided to dismiss the writ petition filed by several parents who sought an order quashing the decision of the Attorney General to withdraw the indictment filed against Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda.
When this special leave to appeal petition came up before Supreme Court three-judge-bench comprising Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, Justice Shiran Goonaratne and Justice Achala Wengappuli, the court was informed that the respondents were yet to receive notices regarding the petition.
The petitioners state that five persons including Rajiv Naganathan, Vishwanathan Pradeep, Mohammed Dilan, Mohammed Sajith went missing on or around 17th September 2008.
They state the Court of Appeal have failed to give sufficient weightage to the arbitrary violations of the right to life of the petitioners’ sons who were subjected to an extrajudicial execution, and the State’s duty to duly and adequately investigate the disappearance and execution of their sons in a thorough and effective manner, to bring to justice those responsible for the disappearances.