Interim Injunction Against Screening “Usaviya Nihadai” (Silence in the Courts) Sinhala Film .
Former Maho magistrate Radnayake filed a case in the Colombo district Court Against Screening “Usaviya Nihadai” (Silence in the Courts) Sinhala Film, a documentary film by award winning film director Prasanna Vithanage.
The 57-minute documentary, screened last week at the India International Centre, Delhi, is based on the incident in June 1996 where a sitting Judicial Magistrate had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman.
Petitioner has already filed a case claiming Rs 600 million for telecasting this documentary and the case is pending.
The petitioner states that the film is based on a false news report which claims that he had sexually assaulted a woman and that the movie is scheduled to be screened at theaters starting from today (6).
Therefore the former magistrate requested the court to issue an order preventing the screening of the film as it would cause defame to him and the country’s judicial system.
After considering the facts presented the Colombo District Judge M.U. Gunawardena issued the order yesterday effective until 19th October 2016.
