Although president Mahinda Rajapaksha has appointed a new chief justice this noon the 43rd chief justice of Sri Lanka Dr.Mrs.Shirani Bandaranaike has stated this evening that she is still the legitimate chief justice in the country as both supreme and appeal courts recently gave her the verdict that the impeachment motion passed against her by the government was an illegal one.Speaking to the media while vacating her official residence at Colombo 7 this evening she has said that the main reason behind vacating her official residence is to prevent occurring any violence among public under present circumstances.Dr.Mrs.Bandaranaike has also said that she didn't take a single cent from public money neither done anything wrong during her 32 year old career as charged in impeachment motion passed against her at Parliament last Friday . "although justice was not with me today the truth will revealed in near future" she has stressed.
Earlier on Sunday Mrs.Bandaranaike has requested the inspector general of police to tighten her security soon after received the removal notice from chief justice post from president.however inspector general of police after considering the request has replied her that the police department only able to provide her security till 6 p.m today.due to the growing concerns over her security after new chief justice was appointed the first female chief justice of sri lanka Dr.Mrs.Bandaranike has revealed that now the security of her family lies on the hands of general public.
Meanwhile several court cases scheduled to be hear on number 502 court room of supreme court complex were postponed today due to the absence of dr.mrs.bandaranaike who was scheduled to sit down on the bench of judges of these cases.
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