Sri Lanka’s top court rules parts of new bill are ‘inconsistent’ with constitution

Sri Lanka’s top court rules parts of new bill are ‘inconsistent’ with constitution

Sri Lanka's top court rules parts of new bill are 'inconsistent' with constitution

Sri Lanka's top court rules parts of new bill are 'inconsistent' with constitution

A Sri Lankan vegetable seller pushes his cart past posters against a proposed constitutional amendment that would consolidate power in the president's hands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (AP)

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Sri Lanka's top court rules parts of new bill are 'inconsistent' with constitution

Judges say proposed amendment, which grants greater powers to the president, must be changed or put to the public in a referendum

Updated 21 October 2020

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled that four sections of a controversial proposed bill are "inconsistent“ with the country's constitution, parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said on Tuesday. Judges said that if the contentious sections