A petition challenging the 13th Amendment and the establishment of Provincial Councils filed in the Supreme Court
A petition challenging the 13th Amendment and the establishment of Provincial Councils filed in the Supreme Court. Attorney at Law Aruna Laksiri Unawatuna filed a petition in the Supreme Court today (August 28, 2026) under Article 121 of the Constitution, challenging the bill to amend the Judicature Act No. 2 of 1978. The petition states that during the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the establishment of Provincial Councils, counsel submitted an incorrect English version rather than the valid Constitution of Sri Lanka. He stated that by citing paragraph 83(b) of the English version of the Constitution, lawyers committed an error during the 13th Constitutional Amendment Bill stage in 1987, as well as during the 19th Constitutional Amendment Bill stage in 2015. He argued that this amounts to constitutional fraud, creating a legal situation where the legal maxim "Fraud vitiates everything" (fraus omnia vitiat) applies, rendering the actions n...