Ranjan Ramanayake to Disclose Secrets in Legal Profession

Deputy Minister Ranjan Ramanayake alleged to have made remarks in contempt of court after he said that certain members in the legal profession were corrupt.Now he has been issued a court notice to appear before the Supreme Court on October 25 with regard to alleged contempt of court. He said that he will prove in Courts the veracity of statement made on legal professionals by him.

The Deputy Minister is Mr. Ramanayake told the press that he will go before the Supreme Courts and prove what he said and meant. “I said what I said about the lawyers speaking on behalf of the ordinary people. What I talked about is the plight ordinary people have to undergo when they try to seek redress from courts through some lawyers. I did not refer to all of them but some,” he said.

He said he had already retained a team of honest lawyers including one MP who happens to be a lawyer. Meanwhile, Mr Ramanayake proposed like many professionals such as doctors that all lawyers should be made legally bound to issue receipts for the fees they received from their clients.