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title: "Petition against CC rejecting Ranil’s nominee for SC judge dismissed"
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date: 2024-12-12
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# Petition against CC rejecting Ranil’s nominee for SC judge dismissed

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition submitted by a lawyer, which claimed that his fundamental rights were violated by the Constitutional Council’s rejection of a proposal made by then-President Ranil Wickremesinghe to appoint Appeals Court Chairman Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne as a Supreme Court Judge.

-Ada Derena