Attorney-at-law Udaya Gammanpila has filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking a determination that certain provisions of the Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill, presented to Parliament by the Government, are inconsistent with the Constitution.

The Attorney General has been named as the respondent in the petition.

The petitioner has claimed that certain provisions of the proposed legislation violate Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

Accordingly, Gammanpila has requested the SC to rule that the disputed provisions, if enacted, must be passed by a two-thirds majority in Parliament and approved by the people at a referendum.