The Supreme Court yesterday refused leave to proceed with the fundamental rights violation application filed by the JVP against the appointment of Karuna Amman to Parliament to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the JVP national List MP, Vasantha Samarasinghe, in June this year.
The petitioner, Tilvin Silva, the Secretary General of the JVP had alleged that the Secretary General of the UPFA, Sirisena, had made an arbitrary decision in nominating Karuna Amman when the JVP had nominated a member of the JVP ...