Posted by ONLANKA Information Desk on July 9, 2026 – 7:52 pm
The Supreme Court docket has upheld the order directing former Minister Wimal Weerawansa to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation to JVP Basic Secretary Tilvin Silva for violating his mental property rights.
The order was initially issued by the Colombo Industrial Excessive Court docket on January 11, 2019, in a case filed by Tilvin Silva over the ebook “Neththa Wenuwata Eththa”, authored by Weerawansa.
Silva had acknowledged earlier than the Industrial Excessive Court docket that Weerawansa had included a number of paperwork belonging to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) within the ebook with out permission, thereby violating his mental property rights.
After listening to the case, the Colombo Industrial Excessive Court docket dominated that Silva’s mental property rights had been violated and ordered Weerawansa to pay Rs. 1 million in compensation.
Weerawansa later filed a particular enchantment earlier than the Supreme Court docket towards the Excessive Court docket ruling.
After contemplating the enchantment, the Supreme Court docket determined to not intrude with the Industrial Excessive Court docket order directing Weerawansa to pay compensation.
The Supreme Court docket bench acknowledged that the Industrial Excessive Court docket choose had correctly thought-about the regulation and the info earlier than delivering the choice.
Nonetheless, the Supreme Court docket determined to amend the injunction issued by the Industrial Excessive Court docket, which had prevented the publication, sale and distribution of your entire ebook.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court docket ordered that the injunction needs to be restricted solely to the paperwork belonging to Tilvin Silva which might be included within the ebook.
Supreme Court docket Justice Shiran Gooneratne delivered the judgment, whereas Justices Janak de Silva and Sampath Abeykoon agreed with the choice.
