Centre for Policy Alternatives supported filing a writ application by a voter in the Eastern province praying for a Writ of Prohibition preventing the Chief minister of the Eastern province from taking any steps to advice the governor of the Eastern Province, Rear Admiral (Retd.) Mohan Wijewickrama to dissolve the Eastern Provincial Council prior to the expiration of […]
CA (Writ) 135/2012 The Centre for Policy Alternatives supported four farmers in Thambalagamam area in Trincomalee to file a writ application in the Court of Appeal against Chandraprapalini Krishnagopal Grama Niladari , Kovilady , Thampalakamam and others; by drafting the Petition, bearing the cost of litigation and assisting with field research etc, The Petitioners are residents of the Kinniya and […]
The Centre for Policy Alternatives(CPA) supported four farmers in Thambalagamam area in Trincomalee to file a writ application in the Court of Appeal against Chandraprapalini Krishnagopal Grama Niladari , Kovilady , Thampalakamam and others; by drafting the Petition, bearing the cost of litigation and assisting with field research etc, The Petitioners are residents of the Kinniya and Thampalakamam Grama Niladari […]
A fundamental rights/language rights petition was filed by the Petitioner with the support of The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) on 25th of April 2012 in the Supreme Court challenging the Institute of Human Resource Advancement (IHRA) of the University of Colombo, for conducting its courses only in the Sinhala language, without conducting the similar […]
In November 2011, CPA challenged the Town and Country Planning Amendment Bill which if enacted would have expanded the scope of the Town and Country Planning Act; expanded the powers of Ministers to regulate private property by defining areas to be “sacred areas”, “conservation areas”, “architectural areas” or “protection areas”; enable acquisition properties falling within […]
(SC FR 494/2011 and Writ 620/2011) In October 2011 the Court of Appeal heard the petition filed by Member of Parliament of the Tamil National Alliance Mr. M.A. Sumanthiran, Attorney-at-Law, seeking an interim order restraining the Land Commissioner General and other respondents from implementing the Land Circular No. 2011/04. This Circular deals with land in […]
This public interest case was filed by CPA in September 2011. The petition challenged the introduction of new regulations under Section 27 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Temporary Provisions) Act No.48 of 1979. The Petitioner argued that the Regulations which reproduced many of the provisions in the lapsed Emergency Regulations such as those relating […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 7 June, 2012