INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Fundamental Rights (FR) petition which was filed requesting the annulment of the promotion given to Bimshani Jasin Arachchi as the first
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in the history of Sri Lanka has been fixed for consideration on May 18, 2023, by Supreme Court.The
petition was taken up before the three-member Supreme Court judge bench consisting of Justices Priyantha Jayawardena, Shiran Gunaratne and
Kumudini Wickremasinghe.The Attorney who appeared on behalf of the petitioners requested for the consideration of the petition to be
postponed to another date due to personal reasons.The Supreme Court, which accepted the request, ordered the case be taken up for
consideration on May 18, 2023.The petition was filed by 32 Senior Superintendents of Police (SSP), including former Police Spokesman SSP
Ruwan Gunasekera, seeking a ruling that the promotion was made in violation of the standard promotion procedure.The Inspector General of
Police (IGP), the National Police Commission, the Attorney General and Bimshani Jasin Arachchi, who had been appointed as a DIG, have been
named as respondents in the petition.The petitioners have alleged that, no women police officers can be promoted to the post of DIG since
the regulations related to promotions of the post of DIG do not mention the word "Women".Accordingly, the petitioners have requested in the
petition that the relevant promotion to Bimshani Jasin Arachchi, which they claimed has been granted in violation of the standard promotion
procedures, be declared illegal and to invalidate it.
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