The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka today decided to suspend the presidential pardon that had been granted to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva.
The order was issued after the court heard two petitions that had been filed by former MP Hirunika Premachandra and her mother Swarna Premachandra challenging the presidential pardon granted to Silva.
The Supreme Court also ordered a travel ban on Duminda Silva and called for his passport to be impounded.
The Colombo High Court imprisoned Silva for life in 2016, over the murder of former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, the father of former MP Hirunika Premachandra.
Silva had filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the decision of the Colombo High Court.
However, the Supreme Court upheld the verdict on the murder conviction by the High Court.
Thereafter, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had granted a special Presidential pardon to Duminda Silva on 24th June 2021.