“I am compelled to move out of my official residence and chambers particularly because the violence is directed at innocent people including judges, lawyers and committed members of the public” the Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake told media before she leaves her Official Residence.
Impeached Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake while leaving her official residence said that in her 32 years of state service she had “not even taken a car permit, nor taken leave and I have always worked according to the law”. The Chief Justice was swarmed by hundreds of eager media personnel when she was leaving her official residence with her husband and son Shaveen. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja