SC Rejects Petitions Against Emergency Laws

SC Rejects Petitions Challenging President’s Emergency Proclamation Without a Hearing

by Staff Writer 26-02-2026 | 4:19 PM

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Supreme Court has decided to dismiss, without a hearing, two Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions filed alleging that the emergency regulations imposed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake following Cyclone Ditwah violate fundamental human rights.

The verdict was delivered by a three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena.