The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of petitions challenging the appointment of Deshabandu Tennakoon as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for February 12.
The petitions request the Court to rule that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s decision to appoint Tennakoon as IGP was unconstitutional.
The matter was taken up today (08) before a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Priyasath Dep Surasena, Justice Mahinda Samayawardhena, and Justice Arjuna Obeysekere.
A total of nine petitions have been filed, including those submitted by His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith and the Young Journalists’ Association.
