The Hon. Ajith P. Perera
Ajith P. Perera asked the Minister of Justice and National Integration for details on the legal basis, commencement date, case backlog, concluded cases, and annual filings of the three-Judge Anti-Corruption Permanent High Court in Colombo. He also sought clarification on whether the court’s anti-corruption proceedings had become defunct and what steps were being taken to expedite bribery, financial crime, and corruption cases.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Justice and National Integration: (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) law under which the three-Judge Anti-Corruption Permanent High Court in Colombo was established; (ii) date on which that Court commenced its activities; (iii) number of cases pending before that court and the number concluded by it, separately; and (iv) number of cases presented before the court since its inception in respect of each year, separately?
¶ 02 (b) Will he also inform this House— (i) whether he admits that the commencement and the continuation of cases in the three-Judge Anti-Corruption Permanent High Court have become defunct; and (ii) the steps that have been taken to expedite the hearing and conclusion of cases related to bribery, financial crimes, and financial corruption?
¶ 03 (c) If not, why?
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- Hansard, Friday, 20 February 2026 ·No. 23331 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ajith P. Perera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 February 2026. No. 23331. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/29871