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SC sentences former NIE Director to six years over contempt of court in ...
A former Director of the National Institute of Education (NIE) has been sentenced to six years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs. 3 million by the Supreme Court after being found guilty of contempt of court in relation to the non-implementation of a court order concerning the 2024 Grade 5 Scholarship Examination. The accused, I.G.S. Premathilaka, the former Director of the National Institute of Education, was convicted of contempt of court for failing to comply with a Supreme Court directive issued in connection with the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination. The Supreme Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena and two other judges, delivered the verdict, Ada Derana reporter said. In addition to the six-year sentence, the Supreme Court bench also imposed a fine of Rs. 3 million. Court further ordered that an additional one-year prison term would be enforced if the fine is not paid. The charges were filed based on allegations that the respondent willfully disregarded a Supreme Court order related to the implementation of directives concerning the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination, thereby amounting to contempt of court.
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Director of State Courts Files Complaints Against 4 ...
Former Director of State Courts Randy Koschnick has filed complaints against the four liberal state supreme court justices and his replacement, arguing that her appointment is illegal. Earlier this month, Koschnick was fired after Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz was sworn in, giving the liberals the fourth vote they need to control the court.
Cooperative Insurance Co. Ex-Chairman gets suspended Contempt of Court ...
The Commercial High Court has sentenced Former Cooperative Insurance Company PLC Chairman Susil Shantha Weerasekera for five years imprisonment, suspended for eight years, for the offence of filing a false affidavit. This was in relation to the Commercial High Court case bearing No.: CHC/37/2022/CO which had been instituted by him. The judgment was delivered on 5 May 2026. In addition, the ...
