2026-02-20 / Oral Question: Three-Judge Anti-Corruption Permanent High Court, Colombo (Q.No. 1/2025)

Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law

2026-02-20

Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara clarified the scope of his ministerial obligation to respond to questions, stating that his duty to answer supplementary questions extends only to matters arising from the original question. He noted that the main question concerned statistical information about courts and cases, which he had duly provided, and declined to comment on specific individual case strategies as falling outside that scope.

Mr. Speaker, I am bound to answer supplementaries that arise from the main question. The main question sought statistical information about the courts and cases, not individual case strategies. I have provided that information. I have nothing further to add on specific cases.