Human Dignity as a normative value should buttress and inform Court decisions: SC decides
Kandawalage Don Samantha Perera Vs. Officer In Charge, Police Station, (SC FR No.296/2014, decided on 16.06.2020) Download Decided by S. Thurairaja PC. J with Priyantha Jayawardena PC J, L.T.B.Dehideniya J agreeing. Articles 11, 12(1), 13(1), 13(2) and 13(3) of the Constitution; theft and desertion of the army; arrest; manner of arrest whether
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Foreign Trade Relations in Sri Lanka in the Ancient Period: With Special Reference to the Period from 6th Century B.C to 16th Century A.D.
This article by J.M.Sudharmawathei has been published in Humanities and Social Science Review in 2017. The article is reproduced here because of the academic and historical significance of the proposition it highlights - that ancient Ceylon was not an isolated island depending upon agriculture as popularly known in history books,