The Court of Appeal today rejected the revision and writ applications filed by former Secretary to the Defence Ministry Gotabaya Rajapaksa challenging the Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar in the D. A. Rajapaksa Memorial case filed against him.
A two-judge bench comprising Justices Achala Wengapulli and Arjuna Obeysekara dismissed the application citing lack of jurisdiction.
The Trial-at-Bar can now proceed with the case, in which Rajapaksa and six others are charged with spending Rs. 35 million of public funds to build a memorial to the Rajapaksa’s father and former Minister D. A. Rajapaksa.