Former Immigration Controller Harsha Ilukpitiya Jailed for Contempt Over Visa Scandal - LNW Lanka News Web

Supreme Court Sentences Immigration Controller to Two Years for Contempt • Sri Lanka Brief

Sri Lanka Brief/23 September 2025)   The Supreme Court has sentenced Harsha Illukpitiya, Controller of Immigration and Emigration, to two years in prison for contempt of court. The ruling was delivered today by Justice Yasantha Kodagoda, who stated that Illukpitiya had committed serious contempt by failing to implement an interim order previously issued by the Court. The verdict was supported by Justices Janak de Silva and Arjuna Obeysekara. Ill…

Former Immigration Controller Harsha Ilukpitiya Jailed for Contempt Over Visa Scandal - LNW Lanka News Web

September 23, Colombo (LNW): Harsha Ilukpitiya, the former head of Sri Lanka’s Department of Immigration and Emigration, has been handed a two-year prison sentence by the Supreme Court, following a high-profile contempt of court case linked to a contentious visa arrangement.The ruling was delivered earlier today by a panel of three Supreme Court justices—Yasantha Kodagoda, Janak de Silva, and Arjuna Obeyesekere—who found Ilukpitiya guilty of wil…

Harsha Ilukpitiya jailed two years for contempt of court

FILE PHOTO The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has sentenced Immigration and Emigration Controller Harsha Ilukpitiya to two years in prison for contempt of court. The judgment was delivered today (September 23) by Supreme Court Judge Yasantha Kodagoda, with the concurrence of Justices Janak de Silva and Arjuna Obeyesekere. Announcing the verdict, Judge Kodagoda stated that Harsha Ilukpitiya had committed a serious act of contempt of court. Ilukpitiya…