SC directs corrupt CEB officer to pay Rs. 1.1 m compensation to Dikhena resident
The Supreme Court recently directed an Assistant Investigation Officer of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) as well as the CEB to pay compensation to the tune of Rs. 1.1 million to a resident of Dikhena, Pitigala for having violated his Fundamental Rights by levelling false charges against him of tapping electricity illegally as well as for soliciting a bribe to drop these charges.
The Court directed that petitioner G. Sunil Seneviratne be paid Rs. 725,000 by the CEB officia