The government said it had three weeks to respond to last week’s Supreme Court directive on the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to reduce the price of petrol from Rs.122 to Rs.100 a litre, Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa said at the weekly Cabinet press briefing yesterday.
In terms of the Court order, the government has a grace period of three weeks for the submission of its observations, but it would arrive at a decision long before, he said.
Tuesday’s unanimous decision by the Cabinet of ministers to further discuss the Court ruling when it met again ....