The Supreme Court has upheld the Colombo District Court’s ruling ordering the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), commonly known as Lake House, to pay Rs. 500 million in damages to former minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe for defamation. The case stemmed from a November 2007 publication in Silumina, which carried two full pages of allegedly defamatory statements against Rajapakshe, then a Member of Parliament representing the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA). The article followed his decision to cross over from the Government to the Opposition. In 2009, Rajapakshe filed a defamation suit in the Colombo District Court against ANCL and then-editor…
SC upholds Rs. 500 Mn defamation ruling against Lake House
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