COLOMBO (NewsRadio); The Court of Appeal has deferred the pronouncement of the verdict on the petition filed seeking an order to annul the Parliamentary seat of State Minister Diana Gamage.
Accordingly, the verdict is expected to be pronounced on the 25th of July.
The petition was called this morning before President of the Court of Appeal Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne and Justice A Marikkar.
Court heard arguments pertaining to the petition previously and was expected to announce the verdict today.
The writ petition was filed before the Court of Appeal calling for State Minister Diana Gamage to be stripped of her Parliamentary seat by activist Oshala Herath on the 15th of November 2022.
State Minister Gamage, the Immigration and Emigration Controller, the Minister of Public Security, the General Secretary of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, the National Election Commission and its members, and the General Secretary of Parliament were cited as respondents in the petition.
The petitioner claims that State Minister Diana Gamage holds British citizenship and according to the country’s Constitution, such an individual does not qualify to hold the position of a Member of Parliament.
Therefore, petitioner Oshala Herath had requested the Appeals Court to declare that State Minister Gamage is ineligible to hold a Parliamentary seat and to issue a writ of annulment.
