The Supreme Court has issued an interim stay order on the
President and the Constitutional Council, preventing them from nominating judges to the Supreme Court, except as Chief Justice.
The Supreme Court has issued this interim order while allowing the hearing of a petition submitted by a lawyer against the decision taken by the Constituent Council to reject the nomination submitted by the President for the appointment of the incumbent President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Nissanka Bandula Karunaratne as a Supreme Court Judge.
The hearing of the petition was fixed for the 4th of October, 2024.