(Lanka-e-News- 10.March.2016, 8.45PM) Following the report posted by Lanka e News ‘like how SL Universities should be freed from the grip of politicians so they are not the property of University Dons’ , and after reading the other revelations associated with it , I felt that if I don’t make my own contribution to those exposures , I shall be failing in my duty towards society.
This incident took place in the faculty of law of the Colombo University during the period 1991/1992 . It was Dr. G.L. Peiris who was the Vice Chancellor of the Colombo University , and the Dean of the faculty was Dr. Shirani Bandaranaike who was dismissed from the post of Chief Justice after being enmeshed in a storm of controversy. The chief of the law division was Ms. Shriya De Soysa at that time.
Ms. Indira Nanayakkara who was a lecturer in the law faculty during that period aided and abetted Shiranee in all her wrongful activities , while also doing all her lowliest sordid biddings . Indira who was not married at that time carried on an illicit love affair with a second year law faculty student because of the support given by Shiranee.
Owing to this illicit love tangle , Indira secretly arranged to supply all the question papers ahead of the exam to her second year law student lover , and also corrected his answer scripts giving him high marks to ensure that he passed the exam with flying colors. That is because Indrani and Shiranthee assumed that the law faculty was part of their personal belongings.
When Shiranee’s father was working in the Anuradhaura education office , the Shiranee Bandaranaike family was residing in a rented house at 754, second phase, new Town , Anuradhapura. Shiranee went to school until her advanced level class from that address.
However , because Shiranee’s father Wilfred Bandaranaike did not pay the rent on time for that house they were residing in , he entered into conflicts with the owner of the house , Sylvester Perera.
Sylvester Perera’s son later gained admission to the law faculty of the Colombo University in the academic year 1986/87, and it was Shiranee who was the Dean of the law faculty then . Shiranee getting wind of this spoke to the son of Sylvester Perera most fondly , only to begin her ‘ vengeful works’ when he reached the third year . That is , she took special pains secretly to see that Sylvester’s son is made to fail in three of the five subjects he offered at the third year exam.
Unfortunately , things did not work according to Shiranee’s plan. His failure triggered huge student protests , compelling Dr. Peiris the Vice Chancellor to appoint a three member commission to inquire into this issue.
The Commission comprising members who are lecturers and Professors of other faculties (other than law faculty) of the Colombo University , examined the answer scripts of the student. It was finally concluded that in every answer script two answers have been cut off and discarded. In ther words , answer scripts of two of the five question papers have been discarded deliberately .
Shiranee Bandaranaike who was the chief of the law faculty at that time, and in charge of the answer scripts resorted to this racket because she thought the law faculty is her private property .
For this gross, ruthless and monumental injustice she inflicted on the student which could have ruined that student’s future , retribution took toll of her not immediately , because if she was punished during that period itself , that would not have had much impact. She was punished much later . Her facing various stigmatic experiences including embarassment and humiliation before society culminating in her dismissal from the post of chief justice are part of the inescapable retributory process.
By a law faculty student who was in the Colombo University at that time
Translated by Jeff
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Now that one Law soul has come out, many may follow, with the newly acquired media freedom.. Lets
wait for a "Right of reply" if any.
-- by punchinilame on 2016-03-10
Should complain to the FCID . Right now
-- by Gamarala on 2016-03-11
She,while she was CJ, was quite aware of the fraudulent manner in which Namal Rajapaksa became a lawyer – how he answered question papers from a separate room with computer facilities. But she never wanted to correct the situation and ensure justice by other candidates.
-- by Peter on 2016-03-11
