The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has dismissed over 50 petitions filed challenging the rejection of nomination papers for the 2025 Local Government Elections.
The court today dismissed 53 writ applications and 06 Fundamental Rights (FR) petitions that were filed by political parties.
This comes in the backdrop of the Court of Appeal having ordered the acceptance of 37 nominations for the Local Government Elections that had been previously rejected.
The court today ordered the relevant returning officers to accept the said rejected nominations.
The order was issued when the Court of Appeal today delivered its verdict regarding the petitions that were filed on the rejection of nominations for the 2025 Local Government Elections.
Petitions were filed by recognized political parties and independent groups challenging the rejection of their nominations on the grounds of not submitting certified copies of birth certificates, not formally submitting an oath, and only submitting photocopies of birth certificates. (Islandnews)
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