Contempt of court application against Hirunika terminated

A contempt of court application filed against former Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra was terminated today before the Court of Appeal, following her decision to withdraw the alleged contemptuous statement she had made regarding the ongoing proceedings before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court.

Additionally, Hirunika Premachandra gave an undertaking to the Court not to make any further statements regarding the case before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court.

The petitioner, Hisham Jamaldeen, the son of former Governor A.J.M. Muzammil, alleged that the respondent, Hirunika Premachandra, had made a statement to the media concerning the Magistrate's order granting bail to him, despite the ongoing proceedings before the Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court.