Ranil named respondent in FR petition challenging Deshabandu’s appointment as IGP

Colombo, October 29 (Daily Mirror) -  The Supreme Court today permitted the petitioners to add former President Ranil Wickremesinghe as a respondent in a Fundamental Rights petition filed challenging the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP).

The Young Journalists’ Association of Sri Lanka filed this petition challenging the legality of the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as IGP.

In a motion before the Supreme Court, Saliya Pieris, PC, appearing for the petitioners, sought the Court's permission to amend the petition's caption to add former President Wickremesinghe as a respondent, as he was no longer holding the office of the President. 

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Preethi Padman Surasena and Janak de Silva permitted the petitioners to add the former President as a respondent in the petition.