SC rejects request for full-bench hearing 22A petitions

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a request for petitions challenging the proposed 22nd Amendment to the Constitution to be heard before a full bench, with the record 67 challenges set to proceed before the existing five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena. The request was made by President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran on behalf of a petitioner when the cases were take ..