The Supreme Court has granted permission to hear a fundamental rights petition filed by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka regarding the death of a second-year student of the Sabaragamuwa University who committed suicide while facing freshman torture.
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka had filed a fundamental rights petition seeking a verdict that the suicide of Charith Dilshan Dayananda, a second-year student of the Faculty of Technology of the Sabaragamuwa University, was a violation of fundamental human rights and an order to the respondents to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the matter.
The petitions were filed by the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, Advocate Rajeev Amarasuriya, and its Secretary, Chathuraya Galhena.
The petition was considered before a bench of Supreme Court Justices Yasantha Kodagoda and Janak de Silva.