Court order preventing elections of several LG bodies, lifted
The Court of Appeal today (April 11) has ordered to lift an interim injunction order previously issued to prevent the holding of Local Government elections in 18 LG institutions, including the Colombo Municipal Council, on May 06.
.The court further directed that the rejected nomination papers submitted for the aforementioned local government institutions be re-accepted.
This order was issued by a bench of the Court of Appeal judges comprising Acting Chairman of the Appeals Division, Mohamed Lafar Tahir and Priyantha Fernando, after considering a motion filed by the Attorney General.
