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Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne acknowledged right now (17) in a particular assertion in Parliament that the Supreme Court docket has determined that it’s pointless to precise an official opinion underneath Article 121 (1) of the Structure relating to the 2 payments on defending residents and cancelling rents.
The Supreme Court docket has knowledgeable this in a context the place the petitions filed in opposition to the related payments have been withdrawn by the petitioners themselves.
When these petitions had been referred to as earlier than the Supreme Court docket not too long ago, the Legal professional Normal knowledgeable the courtroom that the related payments wouldn’t be handed of their present kind.
As a substitute, the Legal professional Normal knowledgeable the courtroom that these payments could be referred to an knowledgeable committee and introduced once more, together with new amendments proposed by the committee.
Based mostly on the peace of mind given by the Legal professional Normal, the petitioners who had gone to courtroom in opposition to the invoice agreed to withdraw their petitions on that day.
Due to this fact, the Hire Act is more likely to be debated and handed in Parliament sooner or later.