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Dark clouds and silver linings

Today I heard about a grand wedding of an Indian tycoon (Ambani's son) from a friend of mine, and he showed me some videos of it too. He said famous and powerful people from around the world have been invited to it, and the cost of the event was going to be several Billions (of Indian Rupees or USD, I don't know). If you think about it, India is a country with a higher population of substandard living conditions. There are innocent and miserable children who are forced to work for a mere subsistence, being deprived of education, health facilities, and food and water. I remember a movie based on a true story in which Akshey Kumar was playing the leading role where he makes sanitary towels (pads) for poor women who could not afford it. In such a country, a single wedding event spends billions of money. What a crappy world we are living! You could imagine how much wealth this family has amassed. On the other, this "mental disease" of exorbitant spending must be highly we

යෝජිත නව ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව (Third Republic Constitution) Chapter XXII

 CHAPTER XXII

 

PROVINCIAL COURT (PV), MAGISTRATE COURT (MC), AND PRIMARY COURT (PRC)

 

180.       (1) There shall be a Provincial Court for each Province whose Judges including the President of such Court shall be appointed by Judicial Service Commission.

(2) There shall be at least one permanent sitting of such court in each Locality with a bench of not less than two judges.

(3) The Judgment of a Provincial Court shall be, if two Judges are unanimous in their decisions, the Judgment of such unanimous decision; but in the event of any difference of opinion between two Judges constituting the Bench, the decision of the Court shall be suspended until three Judges shall be present to review such matter.

(4) Provincial Court shall assume the powers and responsibilities of “Family Court” and shall be the first instance court in such matter as adoption of Child, divorce, marital disputes, disputes on Children, protection of morality of family.

181.       There shall be a Magistrate Court for each Locality whose Judges known as “Magistrate” shall be appointed by Judicial Service Commission.

182.       There shall be a Primary Court for each Locality whose Judges shall be appointed by Judicial Service Commission.

 

183.       Provincial Court, Magistrate Court, and Primary Court shall exercise jurisdiction in respect of matters which Parliament or State Assembly may by law vest or ordain:

Provided that Provincial Court, Magistrate Court and Primary Court after the adoption of this Constitution shall assume, inter alia, the powers and responsibilities of District Court, Magistrate Court, and Primary Court respectively, existed immediately before the adoption of this Constitution.