(Lanka-e-News- 06.July.2015, 11.50PM) The Supreme court (SC) judge Sarath Abrew who is facing charges of attempted rape ; committing assault on his domestic (woman) by attacking her with a pistol ; and molesting her ,has within an hour of receipt of advice by the CID from the attorney general(AG) to arrest him , filed a Fundamental rights petition in the SC reqesting court to make a declaration to the police not to arrest him.The petition was filed by his lawyer Nimal Mutukumarana.
When the CID went to arrest him , he had fled from his residence and gone into hiding in some unknown place, based on reports.
At the special meeting of judges yesterday(05) chaired by the chief justice , Abrew was not allowed to participate , while a mjority of the judges refused to sit along with him.Yet Abrew the judge born without any sense of shame and a disgrace to his own profession has forcibly mounted the bench today. The other two judges , Ms. Rohini Marasinghe and Buwaneka Aluvihara who sat with him were also pro Rajapakse lickspittles like him.
Judge Buwaneka Aluvihara at the meeting however had said he does not wish to sit along with Abrew . It was only Ms. Rohini Marasinghe (a disgrace to her own female race) who spoke on behalf of Abrew when other judges were boycotting him. Another judge Ms. Eva Wanasundara too took a silent attitude despite belonging to the female race . It was Rohini;s contention that the CJ has no right to bar Abrew a judge from taking the seat .
The day prior to this meeting , Abrew and Rohini had met lawyer Tirantha Waraliyaddha to seek legal advice , when , the latter had told , the only way out for Abrew is to file an FR petition , while also advising them to engage the services of a reputed lawyer Romesh De Silva to speak on behalf of Abrew.They have then enlisted Tiran Alles towards this. Though Tiran had phoned Romesh , the latter had not answered. Therefore , today the FR petition was filed by lawyer Nimal Mutukumarana.
In Abrew’s petition he had averred that the OIC of the Mt.Lvinia police was deliberately acting hostile and is prejudiced against him , and that he has given undue publicity to this incident using the media.
In any event , the CID has furnished two medical reports against Abrew who is charged with heinous crimes.One report is from the judicial medical oficer (JMO) which give details of the physical assault launched and the forcible sexual assault attempted on the victim. The other report of the psychiatrist reveals that because of the attempted rape , the victim is in a state of mental depression.
Unbelievably even when there are two clear and cogent reports incriminating Abrew to arrest him , it is a crucial question why it took such a long time for the AG to proffer his advice ? It is being asked whether the AG who is part of the sacrosanct judiciary is practising double standards because Abrew is of his same ilk ?The AG’s delayed report was receieved by CID at 4.30 p.m. , and Abrew has filed his FR petition at 3.00 p.m. In the circumstances grave suspicions have sprung up among the legal circles whether the AG delayed his advice in order to favor Abrew , and whether he acted partially towards a criminal.
Meanwhile the BAR Association has once again made separate written requests to the CJ and the other judges of the SC to boycott Abrew by not sitting with him on the same bench to hear cases.
At the same time the Domestic labor Association staged a peaceful protest in front of the courts today demanding that maximum punishment is meted out to this criminal judge which will serve as a deterrent to the other judges too who exploit their official position and powers to degrade the sublime judiciary.
(The photograph shows demonstrators staging their peaceful protest )
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