Homagama District Judge interdicted

The Homagama District Court Judge Sunil Abeysinghe who was alleged to have solicited a bribe of Rs. 300,000, was interdicted by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), sources said yesterday.

The JSC, the body entrusted with the power to appoint,

The JSC was currently carrying out a separate investigation into the incident

promote, transfer, exercise disciplinary control and dismiss judicial officers of the subordinate

courts interdicted

Homagama District court judge Sunil Abeysinghe last week.

JSC sources further said the JSC was currently carrying out a separate investigation into the incident.

Mr. Abeysinghe was arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption on a complaint made by a Homagama businessman. The judge was arrested on May 29 when he was about to accept the bribe from a businessman in

The judge wa sarrested on May 29 when he was about to accept the bribe from a businessman

order to induce him to deliver a judgment in his favour in a land dispute case.

The District Judge is currently held under remand custody after being produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya.